37Hello everyone! You know how in Equestria Girls Twilight only had three days to get her Element back? Well, that sparked the idea for this crossover. Enjoy!
Chapter One: Stolen
Life seemed to change in an instant for the Pony known as Twilight Sparkle. Not a few weeks ago she was just a simple Unicorn, a Unicorn who happened to excel at magic, but still simple none the less. Then, one day, she stumbled upon an ancient spell. A spell created by the famous Star Swirl the Bearded. Unfortunately the spell wasn't exactly finished... and that led to her friends' Cutie Marks(their special talents) getting mixed up. After a long process of reminding her friends who they really were Twilight had completed the spell, and upon doing so she unlocked her true destiny... she had become a Princess! She was no longer a Unicorn, no, now she was an Alicorn.
The concept of being a Princess was obviously new to the mare, but she was going to do her best to learn what it meant to be one. So when she and her friends were invited to the Crystal Empire for a royal summit with the other Princesses, she was excited. Well, she was excited, but she also feeling a little nervous. Luckily she had her friends with her to help her get through it, which was all she could really ask for.
Upon arriving in the castle she was greeted by the three Princesses, who were just as excited for the royal summit. And because it had been a long journey from Ponyville to the Crystal Empire, the princesses allowed the Element Bearers to get some rest. The summit could wait until tomorrow.
Twilight and her Dragon assistant Spike went to their respective room and started getting settled in. The Alicorn placed her crown onto her head, which didn't quite feel right. She took a look at herself in the mirror and sighed.
"What's wrong Twilight?" Spike asked.
"I don't know Spike, I'm just worried I guess. Princess Cadance was given the entire Crystal Empire to rule over. What if Princess Celestia expects me to rule a kingdom of my own?!" That thought terrified her, as the lavender mare didn't think she was ready for that kind of responsibility.
"That would be... awesome!"
She didn't share his enthusiasm. "No it would not!" She then sighed. "Just because I have this crown and these wings, doesn't mean I'll be a good leader." Twilight set her crown on the nearby nightstand and then got onto her bed.
"Sure you will Twilight." The baby Dragon encouraged. "Now come on, you should get some shuteye. You've got a big day tomorrow." He said as he turned out the lights. He then crawled into his own bed.
Just when it seemed like they would be having a nice peaceful sleep Twilight was having trouble. "Ugh, I can't, tuck..." One of the biggest things she going to have to get used to was sleeping with wings. No matter how hard she tried she just couldn't get them to stay put. This resulted in some mild frustration. And even if she managed to get her wings to stay by her side it wouldn't last. Yet even with all of that she somehow managed to get comfortable enough to sleep.
In the dead of night, the castle was silent. Everypony was asleep, save for the few Guards who had the night shift. Even then those Guards didn't make a sound, as they were able to keep their hoofsteps light. It was mostly for noise purposes, as they didn't want to wake anypony up during their patrols. Of course, if there were a need to make a lot of movement, thus resulting in a lot of noise, they would do it.
The peaceful quiet of the castle was interrupted by the sounds of light footsteps, which just barely made a sound in the otherwise silent castle. Those footsteps belonged to a strange creature, one that appeared to be made out of wood. He wore red shoes, green shorts, a red tunic with a sort of big green necklace attached to it, green gloves and a big red hat. What stuck out the most though was the mask on his face.
The mask was purple in color, and it was in the shape of a heart. A small part of the mask was red, but that was around the mouth, nose, and eyes. Speaking of the eyes, they were large, yellowish orange in color with small green iris's. Ten horns jutted out of the mask. There were two at the top, and four on each sides. The ones on the side each had a little color to them, ranging from green, blue, and red.
Accompanying the small creature were two Fairies. One was yellow, while the other was purple.
"Hm, let's see if there's anything good inside this place." The creature stated as they began wandering around.
All three of them looked around constantly, hoping that they would find something good to steal. While they did come across a few good things it wasn't good enough to take. And the more they walked around, they slowly realized that they were inside a castle. That fact alone made their whole expedition a little more fun. What better place to find treasure than inside of a castle?
The trio continued their search, until they happened to spot a couple of patrolling Guards. "It looks like this place is guarded." The purple Fairy noted.
"Yes, it is." The masked creature said in a sinister voice.
One Guard turned his body and noticed a mysterious creature and two floating lights. Immediately he drew his spear. "Halt!"
The other Guard did the same. "Don't move!"
An evil laugh escaped the creature, one that unnerved the Guards, less so than the creepy mask though. He simply stared at the armed Ponies for a few moments before his head started shaking.
Suddenly the Ponies felt tired, and they fell onto the ground a few moments later. They were now fast asleep.
Both Fairies chuckled lightly. "Nighty night." The yellow one joked.
With the Guards disposed of they were free to head into the door that they were guarding. Upon entering the door they found themselves in a long hallway, one that contained several different doors. The creature took a quick look around before turning toward the Fairies. "Search every room, we're sure to find something of value." He instructed as he made his way over to one door.
The two Fairies flew over to one door. They each looked over to each other before sighing. Unfortunately for them, they were too small and weak to open doors... or do anything but fly. "What do we do now?" The purple one questioned.
"I guess we'll just follow Skull Kid." The yellow one shrugged.
The creature known as Skull Kid crept over to one door, and then slowly pushed it open. Inside the room were a Pony and a Dragon, both of them were asleep. There was something promising however. It was some kind of weird crown, with a magenta star-shaped jewel embedded into it. Moving quietly he slowly made his way over toward the crown, being careful not to wake either of them. Sure, that wouldn't have caused too much trouble for him, but he didn't need to wake up the whole castle.
Just then the two Fairies entered the room. "Did you find anything?" The purple Fairy asked.
"Keep your voice down!" The yellow one scolded. "What are you trying to do, wake those two up?!"
"Sorry."
Skull Kid looked over to his companions, now sporting his recently acquired crown. "How does it look?"
"You look like royalty." Said the purple Fairy.
"We could probably get something good for that."
The masked creature nodded in agreement. "Come on, let's see what else we can find." As he started leaving he tripped over the Dragon's tail, right as it was turning over in his bed. He fell onto the ground with a hard thud, and the crown went sliding across the floor.
The Dragon woke up from that. "Huh what?" For a moment he thought he was still asleep, because he didn't believe what he was seeing. He could see some small creature wearing a big scary mask and two floating lights. "Uh... Twilight."
Skull Kid hastily got up and grabbed the crown. As he did that he noticed the Pony was getting up.
Twilight roused from her sleep and then turned her head. She blinked twice upon seeing a masked... thing staring directly at her. The staring match continued for a few moments before the mare realized that, whatever that thing was, had her crown. "Hey, that's my crown!"
The masked imp jumped slightly before booking it out of the room. His Fairy companions followed after him.
"Stop, thief!" Twilight yelled as she pursued the masked creature.
All of this commotion woke her friends up. They all poked their heads out of their rooms and saw Twilight chasing something.
"That thing has my crown!"
That was all her friends needed to hear, and now they too were part of the chase. The six of them chased the thief relentlessly, but the creature had a lead on them. Eventually though, the cyan Pony was able to tackle the thief and pin them down to the ground. "I've got you now!" Her face changed from anger to confusion, as she didn't know what she was looking at. Well, she knew it was some kind of mask, but it was really freaky.
"Good job Rainbow!" The lavender Pony said.
What happened next was a complete shock. Rainbow was flung off of the creature, and her body went skidding across the room.
Her friends stood there stunned, having no idea what had happened. After a few moments they noticed the creature was getting back to their feet. They weren't about to let them get away, so they all started cornering it. Except for the other Pegasus, who went to go check on Rainbow.
Skull Kid was backed against a wall as four of the Ponies slowly approached him. As they drew closer he simply looked between each of them, and although they couldn't see it he was grinning. "It's cute to think that you can stop me." He told them before laughing.
There was something about that laugh that the Ponies didn't like. Never the less they continued to corner them. Just when it looked like they trapped it the creature leapt high into the air. The Ponies looked on with wide eyes as the masked creature nearly reached the ceiling, and then landed gently several feet away from them. They continued to stare until the creature gave out another laugh and started running again. Everypony shook their heads and resumed the chase.
"Come on Rainbow, get up!" The yellow Pony had tried multiple times to wake her friend up, and eventually her friend started getting up.
"F-fluttershy?"
Fluttershy smiled brightly as she helped the cyan mare to her hooves. "Thank goodness you're okay."
Rainbow gave her a small smile before she remembered what they were doing. "Come on, we can't let that thing get away!" She instantly began sprinting down the hall.
The Pegasus gasped lightly before following her friend. "Wait for me!"
The two Pegasi reached the end. They looked around and noticed the others giving chase to the thief, and so they ran as quickly as they could and rejoined their friends.
"Are ya alright sugarcube?" The blonde Pony asked.
"Yeah I'm fine." She answered.
Eventually Skull Kid reached the room with the portal. He was about to go into it but stopped. He turned around and noticed the six Ponies were still chasing him.
Upon seeing the thief stop the mares also stopped. "Give me back my crown!" Twilight yelled.
"Sorry, but I think I'll keep it."
"We tried the nice way, now let's do it the hard way!" Rainbow exclaimed as she slowly walked over to the masked creature.
The others also started creeping towards him.
Skull Kid laughed yet again. "You poor fools." He stated as his head began shaking violently.
Everypony stared at him curiously before they all started feeling sleepy. They tried to stay awake but it was too hard, and it wasn't getting any easier. "We can't... let him... g-get a-away..." Unfortunately she just lost all of her energy, and she could tell her friends did as well.
"Hmph, that was almost too easy." He said to himself as he and his Fairy companions walked through the portal.
That was the last thing the Ponies saw before they slipped into unconsciousness.
"Twilight! Twilight!"
The eyes of Twilight Sparkle slowly fluttered open. Her vision slowly returned to her. She could just barely make out the forms of the three Princesses, although everything seemed very blurry. After a while though she could see the three Ponies better. "Ugh... my head."
"Thank goodness you're alright." Celestia stated as she helped her former student to her hooves.
Now somewhat awake the lavender Alicorn took a look around. She could see her friends were in the room with her, and they were either still down or just getting up. Several Guards were in the room as well, no doubt helping in waking up her friends. She then noticed Spike, who was assisting the Guards. Twilight did her best to remember what happened last night, except it was kind of hard. "W-what, h-happened?"
"We aren't sure." Luna answered. "Some of the Guards found all of you asleep in front of the portal. They woke us up and told us of your condition. We've been trying to wake you up for sometime, and you just now came to."
"Do you remember anything from last night?" Cadance questioned.
Twilight paused for a moment, as last night was still kind of a blur. After a few more moments of thought it was then that she remembered. "Yes... some strange creature wearing a strange mask stole my crown."
All three Princesses gasped.
"We chased it through the castle, but it was pretty resourceful. It managed to escape our grasp, and then it ran into this room. We thought we had it but then its head started shaking, after that we must have fallen asleep." The mare explained.
By now everypony was fully awake. "Is everypony okay?" Applejack questioned.
"You mean aside from being launched backwards by a creature wearing a mask?" The rainbow-maned Pegasus asked in an annoyed tone.
Princess Luna raised an eyebrow. "Launched backwards?"
"Yeah! I totally tackled that thief, and then all of a sudden I'm flying across the room!"
"Hm... this is troubling." The Princess of the Sun noted. "Tell me, what happened to this creature."
"It went into that big mirror." Pinkie smiled.
The three Princesses looked between each other uneasily before sighing.
Twilight noticed the Princesses' shift in tone. "There's something special about this mirror, isn't there?"
All of them nodded. "This is no ordinary mirror, it is a gateway to another world. A gateway that opens once every thirty moons." The dark-blue Alicorn told them. "It has always been held in Canterlot Castle, but ever since Princess Cadance took over the Crystal Empire we sent it here for her to watch over."
"What's on the other side?" The lavender Alicorn asked.
"Unfortunately, we do not know. We have never gone through to the other side." Celestia explained.
Princess Cadance turned towards her sister-in-law. "Your crown doesn't belong in that world. You must get it back, for without it, Equestria will have little to no means of defense."
"The journey will be dangerous, and by no means be easy, but I have faith that you can do it." Celestia stated.
"I won't let you down Princess." Twilight bowed.
Before she could even take one step her friends blocked her path. "Hold up. If you're going than we're going too!" Rainbow declared. "Right girls?"
They all nodded. "It wouldn't be right to let ya handle this by yourself."
"We'll teach that meanie a lesson for stealing your crown!" Pinkie exclaimed.
A big smile came onto the blue-maned mare's face. Even though this was probably going to be extremely dangerous her friends were willing to stick by her. It was just like when they ventured into the Everfree Forest together. "Thanks girls." It was then that a question came to her mind, which she had to ask the Princesses. "My friends can come too right?"
They exchanged a few quick glances before they all nodded.
"You mean it?!"
"Together the six of you have overcome so many obstacles, and this one will be no different." The Princess of the Sun told them.
"Just promise us you'll be careful out there." Luna said.
"We will." Twilight promised.
Right as they were about to enter the portal Spike walked over to them. "Can I come too?"
Twilight turned to face her assistant. "Sorry Spike, but I think you should stay here." She noticed his now down-cast expression. So she put a hoof on his shoulder. "Don't worry, we'll be fine."
Spike looked at her before nodding.
With that out of the way the six Ponies approached the mirror. "Ready girls?" Twilight asked.
"Ready!" They said in unison.
"WAIT!" The pink Alicorn shouted, making them stop. "You might want your saddlebags."
"Oh yeah, right." The lavender mare chuckled sheepishly.
She and her friends then left the room. A few moments later they returned, and now they were each carrying their respective saddlebag. Now they were ready to depart. One by one they walked through the mirror, and after a few seconds they were all gone.
"Good luck my little Ponies." Even though they were already gone Celestia saw no harm in wishing them luck. They were certainly going to need it.
That looks like a good place to stop. So what did you all think, I hope you enjoyed it. Just to let you know this might not start directly at the very beginning, most likely some time in the first cycle when Link is still a Deku(sorry for spoiling). This chapter may seem short but I'm sure they'll get longer as the story goes on. Stay tuned for more, RandR and have a wonderful day!
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