Previously
"Oh... By the way..." she said looking to Luna and Celestia a nervous grin on her face "You might need a new 'Children's Section' to the library..."
"Why..." the sisters asked not sure they want the answer.
"Well..."
It had been ten or fifteen minutes since Emma had fallen asleep, and just under that amount of time of Sarah trying to get the doll away from her. But as always every time Emma felt the doll slip out of her grasp the tighter she gripped onto it.
Finally deciding on giving up Sarah looked around looking for something to do while the girl napped.
Gently lifting her up and then placing her back down Sarah went to look around the shelves staying close to the soon-to-be five year old just in case something happened.
For the first few minutes, all was fine but then Sarah began to hear whimpers and mumbling coming from Emma.
Spinning around Sarah saw Emma was having a nightmare, so she rushed over to her to try and wake her up.
"Emma, Emma," she said shaking her shoulder "Come on baby wake up it's just a dream..."
But that didn't work. Trying not to panic Sarah thought about going to get help when out of the shadows came a smoky/shadowy figure seeming to get stronger the more Emma cried in her sleep, and suffered because of the nightmare she was having.
"Oh no you don't," Sarah said gritting her teeth and shooting a blast of fire at the shadow making it disappear but also destroying the bookshelves that were behind it and turning all the pages in said books to yellow and melting the covers a bit.
Quickly Sarah rushed to pick up Emma and away from that area.
"Once we were far enough away, I tried to wake Emma up again and she opened her eyes but said she couldn't remember the dream," Sarah said Emma by her side not looking at anyone in mind.
"That does it..." Jack said in a strong voice as he gripped his fists after hearing the story "Emma give me that doll. Now."
"Wh... Why?" Emma asked backing away a bit never seeing her daddy like this before.
"Because it's dangerous," Jack said his hand still out "And it needs to be destroyed so you can keep being safe."
Looking down at the doll, Emma looked back up at her dad and narrowed her eyes that flashed green in anger "No. If you want her Papa... Come and get her," she said stomping her foot before running off again and a flash of green and a 'CRACK' of the sound a Changeling makes when she change form.
Running towards the door Jack opened it wide and saw that Emma and the doll were gone.
Up on the roof there was a small brown Pegasus filly a doll on her back.
Sticking to the shadows she tried not to be seen when the Royal Guards were sent out to look for her so far they hadn't seen her, but they will eventually.
Trying to think of where to go, something told her to go to the Canterlot Gardens.
Looking around Emma checked to see if it was all clear, and went straight to it.
"Where now?" she asked looking around only seeing statues and the maze.
'Over there,' her doll's voice said in her head again, making her look to the entrance to the Canterlot Caves.
"But I'm not allowed down there by myself Little Me," Emma said quietly, staying put.
'Well it's either down there by yourself, or up here with all these guards trying to find you so they can take me away...' the doll said trying to sound reasonable but firm at the same time.
Realizing the doll had a point, Emma looked around to see if it was all clear and entered the dark cave.
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After a bit she stopped hearing the sound of Canterlot and began to hear the sound of howling winds and feel the cold air of snow.
Quickening her pace Emma rushed towards the light that began to appear and found herself in the snowy wasteland of the Frozen North.
Feeling a bit scared, Emma turned back to normal and snapped up a winter's outfit.
After that she looked around and saw all the walls were like crystals.
"How did I get here?" Emma asked turning around and slowly retraced her steps only to come to a dead end.
'With a little help from me of course...' the voice in her head said to be her doll said. Except this time it didn't sound so... friendly.
"Who... Whoa are you?" Emma said looking around not believing it was her doll "What do you want?"
'Who I am does not matter at the moment,' the voice said as the shadows began to play 'What I want, it to come back home after I was banished by a big meanie called Jackson Jones...'
"MY DADDY'S NOT A BIG MEANIE!" Emma screamed eyes flashing green again and fangs coming out - Where Sophie and Billy got the more snow powers from their dad, Emma got the more Changeling powers from their mum, and that showed the most when she was mad about something.
'Perhaps not to you or your siblings,' the voice continued unaffected by the girls scream 'But he was to me and a few other people and ponies or shall I say Changelings before you were born...'
"Liar!" Emma cried covering her ears trying to block out the lies this pony was saying. "Papa is not like that. He's not!"
"Hello" a new voice called out breaking the conversation "Is someone there?"
'If you're so sure... Ask him.' the first voice said leaving Emma confused and ready to start crying.
"Oh my," the second voice said getting Emma to jump and spin around to see a white Unicorn stallion with a blue main and tail in what looked like purple armor.
"Who are you?" Emma asked backing away and avoiding his eyes.
"I'm Shining Armour," the stallion said gently staying where he was seeing how afraid the girl was. "My wife and I rule the Crystal Empire together. It's only a short track from here if you want to come back with me and be somewhere warm."
Looking around Emma was reminded she was in a cold dark cave and the tunnel back to Canterlot was now blocked she she looked up and nodded, clutching her doll to her chest.
"And may I be right into thinking your Emma Jones?" Shining Armour asked after they had been walking a bit.
"Hmm-hmm," Emma said nodding not caring how he knew, like the Ponyville ponies she met around one of the first times she came here with her family. There aren't a lot of Human children that come here and everyone seems to know who her parents and Auntie and Uncle are.
"So if you're here where are you parents?" Shining Armour asked stopping trying to get some information out of her to know what happened.
"Back... Back in Canterlot with everyone else," Emma said looking down at her booted toes as she kicked at the snow. "We... We were fighting... And I ran away... And... And something told me to go into the caves... And that's how I got there..." Emma explained not looking up at Shining Armour.
"Well then let's get back to the Empire so we can send a note telling them you're alright, shall we?" he asked a kind smile on his face.
"Ok..." Emma said smiling looking up a flash of red in her eyes now, but Shining Armour didn't notice as they set off again.