[Castle of the Royal Sisters]

“So why did you insist on bring me along to your little nerd quest Twilight?” Rainbow Dash asked as she flew next to lavender unicorn.

“I’ll have you know this is not a quest Rainbow Dash, but an important investigation into Equestria’s history.”

“And that would be?”

“Celestia and Luna’s father, King Cosmos. We know next to nothing about the King, not to mention how he run the kingdom during his ruling.”

“Could you just ask the princesses? I mean they are related to the guy and they have been around for a long time.”

“Well yes, but there are some things even they didn’t know about. “

“Like what?”

“Like the those strange but friendly creatures that the cutie mark crusader found in the forest.”

“I still say this is a waste of time Twilight. Why not get someone else do this besides us?”

“Are you kidding! This is the most exciting thing I’ve ever done since, I found a new way to organize my books!”

“Egghead *cough, cough*.” Rainbow Dash said jokingly, causing Twilight to glare at her. “What? You know it’s true.”

“Let’s just go in and see what information we can find on King Cosmos-” As Twilight opened the door to the abandoned castle, the door instantly crumbled into dust.

“Smooth move Twilight.”

“Let’s just go before I say something that I’m going to regret later on in my life.” Twilight said as she and Rainbow Dash walked into the castle, heading to the hidden library of the abandoned castle. “Okay, start looking for history of Equestria and Royal history of the Princess Celestia and Princess Luna.”

“Okay, would that be under H, or by the pony who made it?” Rainbow asked flew over to the top shelf.

“Both.” Twilight answered as she levitated a couple of books off the shelf.

“Okay… Who made the book?” Rainbow asked as she pulled a random book out, and quickly closed it before all the pages could fall out then putting it back, making sure Twilight didn’t see that.

“Hard to say really. Most of the books here are pretty old, so it’s hard to find out the author of the books. After all, these books have been around for a really long time. So makes sure you’re careful when dealing with them. Some of the pages might fall out.”

“Okay… I can do that…” Rainbow Dash said slowly as she went to another book. Only to find it would not come out. “What the?”

“What’s wrong?” Twilight asked as she put several books down.

“This book won’t come out!” Rainbow Dash said as she tries pulling on the same book again.

“What do you mean it won’t come out?” Twilight said as she teleported next to where Rainbow Dash was. “Let me try.” She offered as lavender aura wrapped around the book as she tried to pull the book out of the book shelf. At first it didn’t move or budge at all, that is until she put more effort into it that they heard a clicking sound. “What was that?”

“You don’t think we just set off a booby trap?”

“If we did then we would’ve seen it.” Just as she finish that statement, the bookshelf they were near started to move as it left revealed a hidden doorway leading to a secret basement. “That’s...new.”

“This is just like my Daring Do books. We found a secret passageway!” Rainbow Dash yelled in excitement as she was about to open the door. Only for Twilight to stop her with her magic.

“Do you even think before acting? We don’t even know if that’s a trap.” She said as she levitated Rainbow Dash next to herself. “Let me at least open the door at a safe distance so nothing jumps out and attacks us.” Twilight focus her attention on the door as she magically open the door with her magic. “There, now we can go in and-.” Before the unicorn could finish, a certain rainbow colored pegasus darted off into the hidden room. “....Why do I even bother.” She said as she walked down into the basement.

“What a rip! There’s nothing in there but a stupid table.” Rainbow Dash said as she landed on top of said table.

“.....Rainbow...that’s not a table….that a coffin.” Twilight said, causing Rainbow Dash to quickly fly off it. “What’s a coffin doing in the middle of a hidden room like this?”

“We could always have a look inside it.” Rainbow suggested as she place a hand on the coffin. Only to quickly remove it away from the edge of the coffin. “Ow! What the buck?”

“You okay?”

“Yeah just touched the edge of the coffin.” Rainbow Dash said she looked at the coffin out of curiosity. “You think someone is inside this thing.”

“If there is something inside it, it would pretty much be dead after all these years locked away in here. What I want to know is how this even got here?” Twilight asked as she took a moment to ponder why the coffin was hidden away. Breaking her from her concentration was broken as she heard the sound of something heavy hitting the floor. Turning around to see where the sound was coming from, Twilight’s eyes widen in shock to see Rainbow Dash taking the rusty chains off the coffin. “WHAT IN THE NAME OF CELESTIA ARE YOU DOING!?”

“What? I just wanna see what’s inside it.” Rainbow Dash said as she tried to open the lid of the coffin. Only for the room they were in to start glowing with weird rune symbols covering the walls. “Oops.”

“This is why I told you not to touch stuff without thinking. Get close to me and I’ll teleport us out of here.” Twilight said as her horn began to glow, only for it go out like a match. “What the? Why isn’t my magic working?”

“Um, Twilight, we might be in trouble.” Rainbow Dash said as she pointed to the walls starting to move. As the symbols on the wall began to change from blue to bloody red, stone like monster began to erupt from out of the walls. “Twilight get us out of here!”

“I can’t, this room is preventing me from using my spells.”

“Then what do we do!?”

“I-I don’t know!” Twilight said as she notice one of the stone monsters charging at them ready to attack. “Dear Celestia help us!” She screamed, closing her eyes and waiting for the monster to deliver the killing blow. Only, for some reason it didn’t come. Twilight opened her eyes to see a barrier surrounding her and Rainbow Dash. “What the?”

“I thought you said that you couldn’t use magic in this place?”

“I didn’t do this. Somepony or something must’ve made this barrier.” Twilight said as she felt a bone chilling sensation coming from behind her. Turning around she she saw the coffin’s lid open up slowly. A strange black mist poured out from the coffin as the lid full moved itself from off the coffin. As the coffin continued to spew out the black mist, a somewhat black silhouette slowly appeared rising up from the coffin. The silhouette opened it’s scarlet red eyes as it looked at the
lavender unicorn and rainbow maned pegasus.

“What in the name of Celestia is that thing!?” Rainbow Dash yelled, as she and Twilight backed away from the monster. As they were backing away from the monster, the barrier that was protecting them shattered from the stone golem’s fist. “This is so not how I wanted my life to end. Why did you bring me along with you Twilight?”

“This wouldn’t have happen if you didn’t open that coffin in the first place.”

“Oh….hehehe….sorry.” Bring their attention back at the golems, Twilight and Rainbow Dash closed their eyes once again waiting for the monsters to deliver the killing blow to them. Only for the sound of magic hitting stone to cause them to open their eyes. Their eyes widen as they saw a spear of light burst through the golem, turning it into nothing but rubble. “What the?” The mares attention were drawn back at the coffin as they saw what appears to be a young woman wearing scarlet color armor holding a spear in her hand.

The stone golems attention where now fixed on the armored girl as they begun to charge at her. “Greater Teleportation.” She said as she teleported out of the way of the golems and appear behind them. “Maximize Magic: Vermillion Nova.” Point a finger at the two golems, the two that she pointed at burst into flames as they slowly began to melt into molten magma.

“Twilight, what is that thing?”

“I don’t know Rainbow Dash, but what interest me is those spells she’s using. How is it that she’s able to use magic in this place, but not me?”

With the two golems reduced to molten rubble, the armored girl raised a hand at the remains of the monsters and send a powerful force of air causing them to fly off into the wall. The girl turned her attention at the last remaining golem as she prepared her spear while landing back on the ground. The golem roared as it slowly charged at the girl, only for her to point her spear at the golem. “Magic Destruction.” The girl said as the golem’s body began to slowly disappear on itself. As the monster finally appeared in front of the girl and was about to slam a fist into her. The fist shattered into pieces upon impact as it did little to nothing to the armored girl. Twilight and Rainbow Dash stared in shock as they watched the stone golem crumble away into thing but dust. There was a moment of silence that filled the room as the light from the rune symbols vanish. In a fit of curiosity,Twilight mustered up the courage to pull herself up from the floor and walked over to the armored clad girl.

“Um...T-Thank you for saving us. May I ask who you are?” Twilight asked, only for the girl to just stand where she was and not move. “Are you okay?” The unicorn asked as she slightly shook the girl. The girl still didn’t respond or notice Twilight touching her. Twilight moved in front of the girl as she stared deep into the vampires blank scarlet eyes. “Rainbow Dash, we need to take this girl with us.”

“Are you crazy!? Did you not just see what she just did to those stone monster?”

“But she saved us from them. Need I remind you that you were the one that caused this?”

“Yeah, but-.”

“You’re helping me bringing her back to Ponyville. Now grab her hand so I can teleport us out of here-.” Before Twilight could finish her sentence. The armored girl looked up at the ceiling, opened her wings, and burst up through the ceiling of the room and the castle. As she reach above the castle of the royal sisters, she looked off into the distance as she flew off deeper into the Everfree Forest.

“Well that just happen.” Rainbow Dash said as she notice Twilight running out of the hidden they were in. “Where are you going?”

“We’re going back to Ponyville. We need the others to help us find this girl before something bad happens to her.”

“Why don’t you go back and get the others? I’ll be able to catch up to her in three seconds flat.”

“You’re come with me Rainbow Dash.”

“What? Why?”

“Do I need to remind you about what happened moments ago?” Twilight said which caused Rainbow Dash to roll her eyes in annoyance. “If we’re going to try and find her, we need the others to help us in searching her.”

“Ugh, fine, but I still say that I can still catch up with her before we lost track of her.” Rainbow Dash said as she followed Twilight back to Ponyville.