The Dark Coming- Part 1

CRACK!  A lightning bolt came down with another and another following it. The sky was dark with voluminous black clouds. The winds blew strong enough to bend trees and the pouring rain drenched everything for miles including the Everfree Forest, where a certain zebra lives. Zecora looked in her cauldron, horrified at the images she saw. "Oh no, oh no! This is no joke! Doom and tragedy come to all the ponyfolk! His presence returns, with a vengeance that burns!"

Zecora tried to jot down some notes but was interrupted mid sentence by a braying at the door. She put down her quill and headed over to the door, "Now who could that be? There is a heavy storm, can they not see?" When she opened the door she could only see a shadowy figure with a pointy head giggling, "Hello Zecora, you are coming with me!" The mysterious figure's head started glowing  slightly and Zecora's eyes started feeling very heavy, "This…cannot…be. Your spell…is too strong…for me to flee." And with that Zecora fell to the ground fast asleep.

The next day, Celestia's sun was high in the sky, working on drying the roads of not only Canterlot but of the small town known as Ponyville. It was around noon when a cute lavender pony named Twilight Sparkle was reading a book called Manehatten's History. Spike was doing his usual chores such as dusting off the bookshelves with a small grin on his face.

As Twilight was reading a chapter on Manehatten's celebrities, she thought of the time when Ponyville had its own hero at one point with a cyan pegasus. She giggled reminiscing about how the fame and popularity went to Rainbow Dash's head. Just then a knock on her door pulled her from her memories. Twilight got up from her spot and opened the door. To her surprise it was the vary pegasus that she was just thinking of, standing there.

"Hey Twilight! How's it hanging!?" "Hello Rainbow Dash, I'm well. I was just thinking about you. Come on in." Rainbow Dash flew in and landed in the middle of the room before Twilight closed the door. Spike got down from the latter he was dusting on to greet Dash, "Hey Dash, what brings you here?" "Oh I had the day off from work and was thinking of hanging out with the girls." She then looked at Twilight, "I came to you first since I know eggheads like to organize and plan things."

Twilight rolled her eyes at the nickname Rainbow has given her, "That could be fun only, I'm not sure if everypony else is busy." "Well yeah, me neither but we could find out if that's cool with you" Rainbow stated. "Sure. Spike once your done can you go grocery shopping? There should be some bits on the table." "Uhh…sure Twilight" and the purple dragon headed in the kitchen. "Cool, this'll be awesome" the Element of Loyalty said while exiting with the lavender unicorn following, "yeah, today look like it is going to be an exciting day."

Elsewhere in Ponyville a popping pink pony was hopping towards the cottage of her dear yellow pegasus friend. Upon arrival at the cottage's mailbox, Pinkie Pie saw Fluttershy outside feeding all her little critter friends. Her heart skipped a beat when seeing her beautiful pink mane and gorgeous gentle blue eyes. Fluttershy hadn't noticed her admirer and thus, gave Pinkie the usual idea of sneaking up on her. Pinkie jumped into some bushes and crept behind her.

"Here you go Mr. Squirrel. All you favorite nuts. Oh and some lettuce for you Angel." Angel swatted the green vegetable away and lifted a book with pictures of berries in it. "Oh but Angel, those berries only grow within the Everfree Forest and it's too scary to go in there." Angel stamped her foot and pointed at the picture again, demanding the berries. Suddenly a force from the side pushed Fluttershy onto her back and on top of her was a cute pink pony that Fluttershy knew and…loved. Pinkie stood over Fluttershy with that warm welcoming smile, "Hey Fluttershy! Watcha up to?!" Pinkie's heart was racing very hard but she was able to pretend it wasn't. Fluttershy's heart, however, wouldn't allow her to speak in correct sentence structure as it was beating just as fast.

"Umm…hi…err…Pinkie…" she squeaked. "Umm, I was…uh…just feeding my friends" Fluttershy blushed as Pinkie got off so Fluttershy can get up. Angel held up the book again showing Pinkie this time. Fluttershy's face went from blushing to a face of anger, "Angel! We don't demand things from guests! Apologize!" "Oh it's okay Fluttershy, what was she showing me?" "Well she wanted berries that grow within the Everfree Forest but I'm, uh, too scared to go in" Fluttershy said kicking a stone on the ground as she frowned. "Would you feel better if I came with you Shy?" "Oh I couldn't possibly force such an action on you Pinkie." "Aww don't sweat it Fluttershy, it'll be fun!" Pinkie Pie then gave the yellow pegasus a tight hug that sent both their hearts a flutter. "Ok Pinkie, if you'll stay close to me Ill go." Pinkie's heart melted at that request but could only respond with, "Okie doki loki!"