"Oh, hello, Twilight! Are you going to the Minotaur migration aswell?" The fashonista Rarity opened the door, her purple main flowing slightly in the wind.

"Actually, we are. Are the other girls going too?" Twilight asked, smiling.

"Yes, actually. We're all going to Fluttershy's house, since she lives close to where the Minotaurs are." Rarity answered, inviting the lavender unicorn and the young dragon into her humble abode.

"Really? Me and Spike were going to head there after we gathered the others." The purple mare said. "I've been studying Minotaurs for Princess Celestia all day, and I have tons of questions to ask them." There was a knock on the door.

"Rarity? Y'all ready to get goin'?" Said a familiar voice. Rarity trotted over to the door and opened it. Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash were standing in the doorway.

"Oh, howdy Twilight! Howdy, Spike!" Applejack tipped her hat at the two as she entered.

"I'm SO psyched!" The skittles-haired mare flew through the doorway, practically squealing with excitement.

"I wonder what minotaur parties are like." The obnoxiously pink pony asked herself as she bounced into the house.

"Are we all ready?" Asked Twilight Sparkle as the others nodded in agreement. "Then let's get going to Fluttershy's house!" Rainbow Dash and Spike wooped as they ran out the door, the others following them.

Rarity rapped thrice on the door to Fluttershy's cottage. The door opened revealing the yellow pegasus. "Oh, um, hi girls. Are you ready to go see the minotaurs? I mean, you don't have to if you don't want to.." She said faintly.

"Hay yeah!" Rainbow Dash shouted, hovering above the ground and flying in circles.

"Any idea where the minotaurs are supposed to be coming from?" Asked Spike. As if on cue, Minotaurs of different colors and sizes began walking out of the forest in large groups, each holding satchels filled with belongings and supplies. Two of them, a black one and a light brown one, noticed the group and walked over to them.

"Hello!" The large black one bellowed, waving a hand. "Could you help us with something?"

"Sure thing. Whaddaya need?" Said Applejack reassuringly. The two minotaurs placed their bags on the ground and sighed.

"Our son has gone missing. Last time we saw him he was walking with is through the everfree forest, and then he was just gone. You don't want to if you don't have to. We could get a few friends to go back with us if it's too much trouble." Said the tan one, who the girls, and the dragon, guessed was the female.

"That's crazy talk. Of course we'll help awesome minotaurs like you!" Rainbow Dash said, striking ninja poses in the air.

"Thank you. You don't know how much this means to us." Said the black Minotaur.

"Alright, girls. Let's go find that minotaur's son!" Twilight said heroicly.

"Yeah! Let's go!" Said spike, walking ahead of Twilight.

"Not so fast, Spike. It's dangerous for you. You stay here with the minotaurs." Twilight turned Spike to the minotaur trio.

"Aww, but-" Spike realized that the two were minotaurs. "Actually, yeah, I'll stay here." Spike said gidilly as he trotted over to the two. "What kinds of things do you see on the migration?" Spike asked the minotaurs, walking wth them over to the other minotaurs that were going to the empty plain that they normally set up their homes.

"Let's go." The group galloped over to the beginning of the forest, and with a gulp, entered.

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Princess Celestia sat at her chair at the long table where the residents of the castle would eat. She poked at her food with her fork, a bored and depressed look on her face.

"Tia, is there something wrong?" Asked Luna, the princess of the night, who was nearly finished eating.

"I'm not hungry." Celestia lied, placing her fork on the plate.

"But you haven't eaten all day. Are you sure there isn't something wrong? We- I mean, I'm worried about you."

Celestia sighed. "I've been having these strange visions lately. About something very grim. It's probably just my hunger." The sun princess convinced herself as she began to eat, realizing how hungry she was.

"If you say so, sister." Luna finished her food, and drank the rest of the icewater that was still in her glass.

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You better have enjoyed that bit of plot development.

The eerie feeling of being in the Everfree Forest didn't help that they couldn't find the young minotaur at all.

"I don't know, girls. Maybe he's back with the his parents?" Twilight said, giving up.

"Don't you give up now, Twi. Ah'm sure we'll find 'em soon. Just gotta keep lookin'." Reassured Applejack.

"Hey, girls! Lookie lookie what I found!" Pinkie pie popped her head out of a bush, a satchel on her nose.

"Where'd you find that?" Asked Twilight, trying not to giggle at the bag on the pink ponies nose.

"Over there!" She pointed a hoof at a rock that had been cracked in half. Rainbow Dash hovered over to where Pinkie had pointed, and in the corner of her eye, saw something.

"Hey, gals! Found something!" She shouted as the others walked over to where she was. She pointed a hoof at a cave entrance. "You think he went in there?"

"We could check." Twilight said, trying to hide her fear. "Uh.. who wants to go in first?"

"I'll go in. I ain't scared of nohing!" Boasted Rainbow Dash as she flew into the cave, the others following.

Twilight noticed runes carved into the mouth of the cave. She paused a moment to look at them, and then continued following the others. Very faint whispering could be heard from deeper within the cave. Lit torches lined the walls, illuminating the tombs in the walls.

"Uh, girls. Look at this." The five other mares trotted over to Twilight, who was standing next to a large shelf in the wall that housed an ancient pony corpse and a pony skeleton. They then noticed that the walls were covered with these.

"Where the hay are we?" Rainbow Dash asked the others with, suprisingly, fear in her voice.

"Ah don't know, Dashie." Said AJ. "B-but we gotta find that minotaur boy." She audibly gulped, moving further down the cave, which was turning more into a ruin. They came to a large black door, which faintly glowed green. It was carved with the imagery thousands of dead ponies. At the top there was a strange skull none of the girls could recognize, it had green gems for eyes and had markings carved into it's bone. Five pointed star within a cirlce was carved onto it's forehead.

"Oooh, look at those lovely gems!" Rarity said excitedly. At the bottom of the door, there was writing. It wasn't in any language they had seen before. In fact, it didn't even use the same font. Kind of like Griflish. Rainbow Dash thought.

"What's that star supposed to be?" The blue pegasus asked her librarian friend.

"I'm not sure. It's supposed to be a symbol of an ancient religion. This star is facing up, which means good will. But if it's upside down, then.." She was cut off by a loud creaking noise, and as if on cue the star turned upside down, the gemmed eyes of the skull began to glow with green energy. "..Then something bad is about to happen."

The girls jumped back as the door creaked open ever so slowly. The door lead to another hallway. Around the corner, a green light shone. Eerie whispers flowed through each of the girls minds.

"T-Twilight.. a-are you sure w-we should go this way?" Asked Rarity. Fluttershy squeaked in agreement.

They were cut off by a voice that petrified them.

WELL, LOOK WHAT WE HAVE HERE! GUESTS! IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE ANYPONY HAS VISITED THE MASTER. The daemonic voice pierced their minds. A green flaming pony skull floated into the doorway. AND WHO MIGHT YOU SIX BE? The skulls mouth, or jaw in this case, didn't move at all. It was speaking to them through their minds.

"You have the most lovely eyes!" Rarity complimented the familiar.

WHY THANK YOU, UNICORN. THEY'RE SOULSTONES. The skull seemed to be friendly.

"Uh, My name is Twilight Sparkle. What is yours?" The purple unicorn asked.

DREWBIE.

"Just Drewbie? What kind of name is that?" Asked Rainbow Dash.

YES, JUST DREWBIE. MY MASTER NAMED ME HIMSELF.

"Y-Your master?" Twilight asked hesitantly.

YES. I'M SURE HE'D LOVE TO MEET YOU. The skull laughed like a madpony, causing the hairs on the mares necks to stand on end. FOLLOW ME, YOUNG ONES.

The skull floated down the hallway and turned the corner. They followed, hesitantly. Turning the corner, they froze. They were greeted by a massive room. Oh my. It's as big as the Princess' throne room. Twilight thought to herself. The walls were adorned with torches alight with green flame and giant, sickly green flags, which reminded Twilight of the stain glass windows in the throne room, but these were far from being as beautiful as those. She then noticed the hundreds of skeletons covering the ground.

But what really caught her eye was the figure sitting on the throne at the end of the room.

"Hello, young ponies." The figure said. His voice was like ten thousand different ponies all speaking, shouting, and whispering the same thing in unison. "Welcome to the Necropolis."

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