"How can this be?. There is no way in the whole of Equestria they could survive that blast form Shining Armour and Princess Cadence." Celestia says as she paced right and left. "It's impossible!"

"That's what I thought as well." Twilight says as she sat down on the cold marble floor as her ears flop down. "But we were wrong."

"We have to inform the Princess Cadence at once." Celestia says as she levitated a piece of paper and a quill where she wrote that Princess Cadence must come to Canterlot at once due to Chrysalis return and also to put the Crystal Empire on high guard. She ties the royal purple ribbon on it before she sends it to her.

"Don't ya worry Twi, whatever they have in store for us, I'm sure we can handle it. Right?" AppleJack says as she put her right hoof on Twilight's left shoulder.

"That's what I'm afraid of AppleJack." Twilight said as she let down a sigh.

Princess Cadence was busy enjoying a relaxing dip in the hot tub in the day spa after having a hectic time at the castle. She let out a soft sigh of relaxation as she kept a slice of cucumber on each eye after having some lotion applied on her face. "Ahh.... Its good to be relaxed again. There is no way anything could ruin this." she says as she got herself comfortable in the tub. A few seconds later, the letter appears as it drops into the tub making a soft splash. "Huh?" Cadence says as she lifts the cucumber on her left eye seeing the letter float on the water. She removes the other cucumber on her right eye before levitating it up and opening it.

It Read:

Once Princess Cadence read the letter, her eyes were filled with disbelief. "No. I-Its not possible. Shining Armour and I vanquished her. How could she have survived?" Following Celestia's orders she levitated a towel to wipe off the cream on her face as she ran out of the spa, cutting her little relaxation short. She ordered one of the commanders of her royal guards to be under high alert and cover every part of the Crystal Empire. Knowing there was no time to waste, the guard saluted as he dashed to his troops. Cadence packed the little that she needed before teleporting to the Canterlot castle as she opened the the 4 dual meter purplish doors into the throne room. "Princess?" Cadence asked as her face was filled with worry.

Twilight's ears perked up on hearing the sweet calm voice of her old foal sitter. "Cadence!" She said joyfully as she ran towards her with her wings spread with joy.

Cadence, happy to see the little filly she raised when she was young ran to her as well. "Twilight!" She said.

Once they were about a meter away from each other, they paused to sing their favorite song that Cadence taught Twilight when she was only a little filly.

"Sunshine sunshine, Ladybugs awake, clap your hooves and do a little shake!" They sang along, doing the actions that came along with it.

After their little number, they came into a lovely embrace as they snuggled against each other.

"Cadence, I was so worried about you." Twilight said looking up at her.

"I was worried about you too when I read the letter." Cadence said as she looked at Twilight with a slight smile.

"Cadence, I'm so glad you came as fast as you could." Celestia said as she trotted toward them.

Twilight and Cadence soon stood up  as they stopped their embrace.

"Yes, I did all that you said Princess." Cadence said.

"Good, at least we have a chance of defending ourselves as well as thinking up of a strategy." Celestia said.

"How can this be possible. There is no way. Absolutely no way that Chrysalis and her changelings could have survived that blast."

Cadence said in pure disbelief.

"We all thought the same. But it seems that all that we think had happened, isn't all true." Celestia said.

"Your Majesty!" Shining Armour said as he ran into the throne room.

"Shining!" Cadence said as she rand to him. Happy to see her love together.

"Cadence?" Shining said surprised to see her. Normally she would send him a letter before her arrival at Canterlot.

Both of them nuzzled each others nose as their horns touched, producing a pink spark.

"What are you doing here Cadence?" Shining asked.

She responded, "Princess Celestia told me to come here. Turns out Chrysalis is back."

"I was told.. and I can't still believe that." He said.

Shining soon spot her little sister behind Cadence. "Twily?" He said with a smile.

Twilight rushed in and gave him a huge hug. "I missed you so much big brother."

"I missed you too little sis." He says as he cuddled against her.

Celestia cleared her throat to break the little get together as she said, "Shining Armour. You had something to tell me?"

"Oh yes your Majesty. We have fully secured the castle and the troops are back from the train wreckage." He said.

"What did you find?" She asked.

"They managed to find about 50 survivors, and managed to get some luggage that wasn't destroyed." He said.

"How many ponies were on that train?" Celestia asked curiously.

He removed his helmet as he placed it against his chest. "167 your majesty..... we found 77 bodies of ponies including foals and fillies. The others might have been buried under the wreckage or the site that.... I... Just can't describe."

"Oh my goodness." Fluttershy said as tears balanced on her bright blue eyes.

Pinkie gave a deep gasp as she covered her mouth with both her hooves.

"I'm sorry for that your majesty." He says as he looks down lightly.

"She must pay." Celestia says as she looks down at the ground in anger.

"But how should we even defeat them." Cadence asks.

"I'm sure that with the elements of harmony's new found power, they are sure to defeat them." Celestia says with sheer confidence.

"But we don't even know how to activate it like the other elements that we had." Twilight said

"Yeah." Rainbow said as she went face to face with Celestia, showing her disrespect to her. "All we had to do was wear the amulets on our necks and BAM! Power boost done. But Nooooooo, you said we had to give back the elements after Discord's stupid plants came to life. Now the other one we got was in that box, gave us the boost when we were near it and it turns out that its under Twilight castle. In the middle of Ponyville!"

Celestia was quite ticked by Rainbow Dash's behavior as her left eye began to twitch. Being the princess she is, she composed herself and took a deep breath to calm down her nerves. "I'm sure Twilight will find the key to accessing it at any time." Celestia says.

Luna enters the hall as she heads to her sister. "Celestia. It is time to lower the sun."

"Alright." She says as she follows Luna.

They enter a balcony at the highest point the castle where the alter statues of the moon and the sun lie. Celestia, goddess of the sun, stood in front of the sun alter while Luna, watcher of the night, stood in front of the crescent shaped moon alter. Celestia flew up to the horizon to the level of the sun as Luna stayed down as they both closed their eyes. Their horns glowed as the Mane 6 watched with amazement. Yet they have seen it once or twice. Celestia began to fly down as the sun followed and Luna flew up as the moon could be seen rising from the mountains in a beautiful display.

"It truly is beautiful." Rarity said as she watched the glamorous show.

Within a few seconds, Luna and Celestia had switched positions, with the sun no where in sight and the moon high up in the sky together with the billions of stars that twinkled in the night sky. They both opened their eyes to end the transfer as Luna flew back down.

Twilight, out of curiosity asked, "Princess, what will happen to the Canterlot Festival?"

"It is too late to cancel the ceremony. So it must continue as planned. But don't worry, the guards will be protecting us." She said.

"I hope your right." Twilight responded in slight disbelief.

"Don't worry Twilight. We'll get them." Spike said giving her a bit of motivation.

Meanwhile in Chrysalis new formed hive in a cave not far from Canterlot. Millions of eggs filled with changeling soldiers could be seen all around that gave the cave a light green glow. Green goo was what occupied most of the cave. Chrysalis was sitting on a chair made out of the same green goo that she formed and made solid at the center of the cave.

"Hahahaha! Those fools don't even know what I have in store for them." She says as she made a small model of Twilight on her hoof rest. "I am going to make that little Twilight suffer and suffer until she can't handle it." She says. "All I have to do, is take away what she loves. Her worthless teacher and her sister, her friends, that annoying Princess Cadence and to top it all off, her brother and her little pet." She said as she chopped off the head of the gooey model. "The pain will be to unbearable for her that she'll just want to kill herself and that's when I personally take over Equestria." She says as an evil grin comes across her face.

The mane 6 were in their hotel suite in the well known "Hôtel de la Passion" which meant "Hotel of passion." Rarity was simply dazzled by the use of very expensive fabrics and the wondrous design. From the purple silk curtains, to the red shag carpet that went all across the room. The white leather couches with a spectacular design were at the center with a large boombox fitted to the wall filled with millions of hit song from well know artists such as The electric Vinyl Scratch, The melodious Octavia, The legendary rock star Black Star, Technical 6 Mares along with other great artists. The walls, coated with the finest maroon paint to give a similarity to the carpet engrossed the room. A custom white Marble fireplace was at the right place to give the needed warmth during the winter. A carefully sculpted glass table could be seen net far from the fire place and that was only the living room.

Their bedroom had the same carpet and wall look as the living room. 6 beds were aligned on a nest row with white sheets along with a black blanket to go with the sheets. Since, anything white goes well with black. Right? Wooden shelves were on the opposite side where each pony had a two door shelf as well as a safe down below it.

The kitchen was fit for a master chef to do any type of cooking. Tiles of Cream with a few artistic brown smudges filled the kitchen. The walls were a sparkling white with many shelves to store plenty of things. The kitchen table made with a cute granite design and has 2 ovens as well as 2 gas cookers. The necessary utensils and cutlery were already in some shelves. What made the room simply the best was the spectacular view of Canterlot from the outdoor balcony from the sitting room which was separated by a huge glass window as well as a glass door.

"Take it all in girls." Rarity said. "We are living the dream."

"Wow!" Spike said.

"This place is awesome!" Rainbow said as she flew in.

The rest of the mane 6 entered as they toured the apartment as they placed their dusty luggage in their respective shelves.

As Apple Jack and Rainbow Dash were taking their bags to the room. They passed through a room where they stopped in their tracks and made them rewind their steps as they looked back at the room. It was a large gym room filled with exercising gear. From weight lifts, to wing pulleys, treadmills and other equipment. At the center lied a 50 Kilos of sand wrapped in a leather bag attached to the roof by a long chain.

"I can't wait to buck that punching bag tomorrow." Apple Jack said.

"Girls its really late and we should get some sleep. Not to mention we have to attend the Canterlot Festival tomorrow." Twilight said.

"She's right on this one girls. We should all get some shut eye." Rarity said as she put on a white robe with Purple trims.

Apple Jack dumped herself as she dumped herself onto her bed, "It's about time! I am beat, ain't that right Winona?"

Winona barks happily as she jumps up to Apple Jack to lick her face as she wagged her tail. The rest soon entered bed as their pets did so as well. Spike got comfortable on a nice small warm bed with the same elements of the other beds. At least he didn't have to sleep in his small basket like in Ponyville for a while. Owlowiscious got comfortable of a smooth wooden stand as she gently shut her eyes. Opal soundly lied inside a cute brown basket with a very comfy pillow that was filled with high quality geese feathers. Winona had a little cute red dog house to sleep in but she decided to sleep next to Apple Jack. Gummy hopped into Pinkie's puffy hair and all one could see was his green tail sticking out.

"Now you sleep tight Angel. I'll see you in the morning." Fluttershy said as she gave Angle a goodnight kiss.

Every pony seemed not to be shaken by the ambush that occurred a few hours ago except Twilight. She was deeply engrossed in thoughts of what would happen if Chrysalis did attack and who would win in the end. As she continued thinking, sleep got the better part  of her as she slowly drifted into sleep.

Twilight soon found herself walking along the Castle hallway all alone as there was pin drop silence. All that could be heard was the tapping of her hooves against the floor.

The silence was soon interrupted by a deafening scream.

"TWILIGHT!" the voice shouted, "HELP ME!"

Twilight, who was ready to help any pony in need, rushed towards the source of the scream.

The screams grew louder and louder as it lead her to the throne room of Princess Luna and Celestia.

Once she entered she saw Rarity struggling to pull herself out of a bright white hole.

Twilight, filled with a sudden rush of Adrenalin rushed to her aid as she attempted to pull her out. "Hang on Rarity!" She said.

Apple Jack soon appeared in another part of the room in the same situation as Rarity.

"TWI, SAVE ME!" She said.

"NO! SAVE ME FIRST!" Rarity said grasping onto her hoof.

The situation got even worse as the rest of the mane 6 appeared in the same state all shouting for help.

Twilight let go of Rarity as she backed away shocked by the sight she was witnessing as she ended up at the center of the scene.

She was confused on who to save first as she looked at all of them, filled with fear. She tried to use magic, but her horn just threw a few sparks. She was defenseless. Celestia and Luna could also be seen as well as Cadence and her brother Shining Armour. She lie down as she covered her head. "No. This can't be happening!" The cries of help filled her mind making it ache.

As she was closing her eyes, she could see the tree of harmony as well as the sun and the moon.  As Pinkie Pie sunk into the hole, Twilight could see her element disappear from the tree of harmony. The rest sunk as each of their elements vanished one by one. "No... No no no no no! This is not happening!" She said as her eyes started to tear.

"TWILY." Shining said calling out to her.

Twilight rushed to him as she grabbed his hoof as she pulled with all her might.

"SAVE ME!" He said.

"Don't worry big brother. I'm here!" She said as tears dripped from her face as she tries to use the little strength she had.

As Celestia and Luna sunk in, the images of both the sun and the moon could not be seen as the room was filled with total darkness. Cadence was no exception as she too, sank in. What was left was Twilight, desperately pulling on her brother as he slowly continued sinking. She pulled with so much force that her hooves slipped right out of his hoof as he sank in.

"SHINING! NOOO!!!" She said as she pounced to the hole, hoping she would end up wherever the hole was taking them. But she was too late as she slammed into the ground. Nothing but darkness was all that could be seen. What followed was an evil laugh that echoed around her. Twilight began to cry as she slammed the dark ground hard.

"Why? WHY DID THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN!" she shouted in pure anger and grief.

As she looked if front of her, she saw two fiery white eyes and razor sharp teeth looking at her as the figure laughed as the echos grew more and more.

"You are weak Twilight Sparkle. You are just a Princess with no extension of power." The figure said with a voice that sounded like 6 ponies talking all at once, all sounding very familiar, "Without the elements of harmony... or anyone else you love, you are nothing."

"Why... why are you doing this?" She asks as she continued tearing.

"Chaos. Chaos is what needs to rule this world. Ponies need to learn fear and PAIN! The feeling of losing those you love." It says as it gave a slight chuckle. "I want the whole of Equestria to experience.... what... you cant handle. They will see what kind of princess you are. What kind of leader you are. They will have no choice but to follow ME as I lead them into chaos." The figure moved closer  to her as it circled around her. "YOU on the other hand... will lie in the MUCK next to the pigs. Wondering what you did to deserve this. I will haunt you.... I will TORTURE you and I will kill you in the end."

Twilight looks up at the figure as it charges at her with its mouth open displaying its sharp teeth. She soon wakes up at her bed as she panted heavily. She looked over at the other beds only to find the other ponies sleeping soundly. She trot outside slowly to the balcony to get a bit of fresh air in her mind. She lightly began to sob as she wondered whether it was a vision she saw, or mind tricks playing with her as she leaned on the guard rails. Next Chapter: 03: A Slight Interruption Estimated time remaining: 9 Minutes