The darkest hour is just before the dawn

Chapter Five - Something bad

Lilith chuckled, watching as Fireshot pushed himself against the bars angrily in an attempt to break out of the prison her had now found himself in,
"Don't bother darling!" She laughed a little more. "They're magically sealed." Closing her eyes, she inhaled the magic around her. She could sense Fireshot's frustration and she could taste Sunset's distress.
The sound of Nimue and Tempest shouting startled Lilith, triggering her to spin around. She raised an eyebrow as she watched Nimue and Tempest drag in a very annoyed looking Pinkie Pie. She had woken up as the two sisters had pulled her from the car, and was now making a large fuss, desperate to escape from their grasp.
"Get off me!" Pinkie wriggled frantically.
"Stop moving!" Tempest yelled in return.
Lilith rolled her eyes, raising her hand into the air, she clicked her fingers. Pinkie instantly dropped to the floor, asleep. She slipped right through the hands of Tempest and Nimue who weren't expecting the sudden magic. Aria strolled into the room, stopping after she saw Pinkie lay on the floor. Unable to stop herself from giggling, she folded her arms.
"What on earth happened here?" She smirked.
Lilith flicked her hand. "They dropped her." She turned to face the two sisters who had dropped Pinkie. "Put her in the second cell."
Fireshot watched from his own cell as they threw Pinkie into the cell. "Why are you doing this?" He called out to the sisters.
Lilith sighed, a little annoyed. "You're very useful to us, that's all you need to know my dear." She refused to even face him when she spoke. Instead, she walked towards Aria, and stood next to her,
"Sisters, it is time..." She snarled. "With the power of Sunset Shimmer's loss, we have enough power to release more of our kind into this world. We can bring over more of the abnormal changelings. And together, we can gain even more power to control this world... And then control Equestria..."


Fireshot slumped to the floor, watching the sisters arrange their ritual. He felt useless, and weak. All he wanted to do was look after his friends, and keep them safe, but he was failing miserably.
A soft groaning sound startled him, as he glanced through the bars to the cell next to him where Pinkie was stirring from her sleep. She pushed herself up onto her arms and knees. Rubbing her head, she began to glance around.
"Where am-" She frowned, before remembering what had happened. "Oh..."
"Pinkie!" Fireshot scurried over to the bars, sitting as close as he could to her.
"Fireshot?" Pinkie raised an eyebrow as she caught sight of her fellow prisoner. "You too?"
Fire nodded. "Yeah... They took me just before Sunset and I were on our way to Twilight's."
"So, that's why you didn't turn up!" Pinkie gasped, everything fitting into place in her mind. "Where's Sunset? Is she here too."
He shook his head. "No, they left her behind. Apparently they want to feed off her loss. Now that I'm gone, they're gaining power from her. We need to get back to them."
Pinkie was about to speak again before she was interrupted by a soft chanting. Searching for the source of the noise, her eyes rested on the sisters who were now in a circle, holding hands, chanting.
"What are they doing?" She whispered.
"Some kind of ritual..." Fireshot replied, his voice wavering. "They're bringing over more changelings..."
"More???" Pinkie's eyes widened in horror, as she watched the ground inbetween the sisters open up, a bright light shining up from the hole.
"Welcome home, sisters..." Lilith called out as one by one, black figures began to emerge from the pit.
"This is not good." Fire backed away to the back of his cell. "Not good at all."