Canterlot Castle

Present time

3 hours after the Ponyville attack

Princess Celestia was not happy, or at least she should be angry. Three of Equistria's most dangerous criminals had escaped their stone prison and are now loose on Equestria, but yet a part of her feels happy. 'They weren't always villains.'

"Sister.... Is everything all right?"

Celestia turned to see her younger sister Princess Luna, Luna was looking at her worried. "Thou have been staring at that scroll for a couple of minutes now, is everything all right?"

Celestia looked back at the scroll and notice that she had been looking at the same one for nearly ten minutes. She sighed, putting a hoof on her head feeling very tired. "I'm fine Luna, however something has recently come up."

Luna walked closer to Celestia. "Does it have to do with the reports we have been getting about a attack in Ponyville?"

Celestia inhaled and exhaled  sharply. " Luna, you remember our old friends? Tomas, Sarah, and Meowth? Right?"

Luna went stiff, before lowering her head down in shame. "How can we forget... It was our greatest failure." Luna sat down recounting all the good and the bad times they had spent. "If only..." Luna started shaking. "If only I hadn't fallen for his trap... Maybe Chime would still be here....Maybe we could have still been friends..."

Before Luna could continue Celestia wrapped a wing around her and pulled her into a hug. "Luna it wasn't your fault, he set it all up to make it look like we did it, it wasn't your fault."

The two stayed like that for a while before Luna pulled her self away. " We assume thou have a reason for mentioning them?"

Celestia nodded. "The ones who had attacked Ponyville were no other than Team Rocket."

Luna gasped. "They escaped?"

"Yes, and their still after revenge."

Luna stood up and started pacing. "But what are we going to do, will they listen to what we have to say? Would they still hate us?" Luna stopped and looked at Celestia with wide eyes. "Quickly we must assemble the guards, for they had not faced a foe quiet like them."

Celestia placed a hoof on her shoulder. "Luna calm down, I already prepared the guards in case of a attack, although I still need to check on the garden."  

Luna look at celestia aghast. "How can you be thinking of your garden in a time like this!?"

Celestia looked at her sister with a raised eyebrow. "Luna im talking about the sanctuary Starswirl had made for 'them', remember I showed you it on your first day back."

Luna looked away embarrassed. "Ah, yes, I forgot about that."

Celestia stood up from her throne. "Anyways we must prepare for Twilight and her friends arrival." Celestia trotted down the hallway, before looking back at Luna. "Goodnight little sister, take care."

Luna looked at the throne. "Goodnight sis, I hope you know what you are doing."

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Canterlot Castle

1 day after Ponyville attack

Twilight and her friends trotted down the hallway of the castle with a royal guard escorting them to the throne room.

"So what do you think the princess is going to have us do to those guys anyways?"

"Properly use the Elements." Applejack answered dryly.

Pinkie Pie gasped loudly. "What if she gives us a Victreebel just like her's, or maybe she will summon a 10 year old boy and his pet yellow rat to shoot lighting bolts at them that will make them say 'LOOKS LIKE TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OF AGAIN!!!' while they disappear in the sky."

Everyone in the room stared at Pinkie in confusion, even the royal guard, who were trained to keep a stone face were baffled.

Twilight however was the first to recover. "Pinkie I don't think the princess is going to give us a Victreebel, she could if she wanted, but one just like her's is extremely rare due to it being a different color than the others of his kind. And I don't know where you got the other one at."

The rest of the trip was left in silence with a occasional conversation every now and then.

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Outside Canterlot Castle

"Targets sighted."

"So how are we going about it this time?"

"Oh don't worry, I have a plan ."

" You always have the perfect plan don't cha."

Outside of Canterlot on top of the mountain were two figures looking through a pair of binoculars, plotting their newest scheme to free Discord and get revenge on the royal sisters.

The red haired one turned towards the large cat. "Hey, where's Tomas anyways?"

"Heck if I know Jess."

Sarah crouched down and patted Meowth on the head. "Hey now, you know you could call us by our real names when we're not in public right." Sarah smirked with a mischievous glint in her eyes. "I mean you used to love it when me and Starswirl called you our little 'Clever Clover'."  

Meowth blushed furiously at the memory of his old nickname. "He-Hey!"

Sarah laughed. "Calm down Meowth, im just teasing."

"Wobbuffet!"

The two turned around and saw Wobbuffet dragging a glum looking Tomas. "Waba."

Sarahbent down and looked at James. "Hey? Tomas you all right?"

Tomas (Or James if you prefer.) looked at Jessie still looking a bit glum. "Im sorry to make you worry Sarah, it just when I saw Princess Celestia using that Victreebel, it reminded me of the old days you know."

Sarah (Jessie if you prefer) Looked a little glum. "Ya I know... But things will get better you wait!" Sarah hugged her little brother.

Meowth looked the other way. "Still can't believe that Celestia got a hold of a Pokémon."

Sarah raised an eyebrow. "I told you, it was probably the result of Starswirl's repopulation spell, and besides I thought you were over it."

Meowth jumped up and pointed a paw at Sarah. "I am over it and besides none of this would've happen, if Tomas here decided to let Starswirl clone his Victreebel."

Tomas got up, and glared at Meowth, "Hey! You were the one who volunteered Victreebel and Likitung in the first place!"

Sarah pulled Meowth away before they could start a fight while Wobbuffet did the same for Tomas. "Hey know calm down lets just go over the plan so we can go."

Meowth started thinking a bit before he thought of a brilliant plan that will surly succeed. "You guys just wanna dig a hole and hope they fall through it?"

Tomas stood up and dusted himself before grinning. "Sure I can dig that."

Sarah groaned all ready having a feeling on how this might go out. "Great lets go!"

Wobbuffet looked at his comrades running towards the castle already having a feeling on how this might play out. "Wobbaffet." Next Chapter: Ch.6- Canterlot Hidden Garden Estimated time remaining: 1 Hour, 56 Minutes