You skid to a stop right where the forest ends, and debate for a second whether or not to continue. You need to tell them about what you saw. The Darkness hadn't been there before, you know. You know the entire forest. What's going on? You don't fully understand, but before you can spend too much time thinking about it, something catches your eye, in the upper floor window, but you can't quite tell what's happening.
You look up closer at the window, peering closer, trying to see what's going on. The he-unicorn, the Prince, you can see him in the window! However, there's another figure with him, one that you don't recognize. Who could it be?
The she-unicorn comes running out of the palace, heading right for where you are skulking. She's running wildly, with no care to how her mane is fluttering about ungracefully. She glances back at the palace, and you take the oppurtunity to step into her path. Luckily, she turns her head back around to see you in time, and skids to a stop.
"Ghost!" She cries. You wince, remembering the nickname that was given to you so long ago, by the mean unicorns who would betray you as soon as look at you. She seems to notice this and moves to apologize, but you interrupt her.
"What's happening?" You ask, and she turns back to the palace.
"It's Jim's Uncle," she replies, and you assume that the he-unicorn you saw before is this "Jim". "Uncle Smarmy the Third. I could sense it as soon as I saw the body. He killed him!"
At that point she's hysterical, in tears even though unicorns don't have tear ducts.
"Uncle Smarmy the Third?" You ask, and you recognize the name. The tyrannical ruler who was not quite in line for the throne, from what you know about politics. You heard from the grapevine that the king was sick. Clearly, the she-unicorn is saying that Uncle Smarmy the Third killed the king! And now, from what you could see in the window, he's trying to kill Jim!
There's not enough time to get all the way up to the room, and you can't see Jim and Uncle Smarmy the Third anymore.
"Where, where are they?" The she-unicorn asks, still trembling. You peer forward, and see two figures running out of the castle. It's the two unicorns, one running for his life, the other running for his crown. You have to help them, and you can feel the power coming up inside you, the hidden power all the volcano unicorns have. That power comes up from the ground, through your hooves and up into your horn.
You take a step forward, and then another one. Bracing yourself for the backlash you know the power is going to have, you point your horn towards Uncle Smarmy the Third and push the power out of you.
The hot rock comes out in a large stream, and the ground shakes, making an awesome display of your power. It's amazing, you know it is. The she-unicorn gasps, probably in fright. However, the molten rock goes where you want it to go, which is straight at Uncle Smarmy the Third. He falls, not quite dead yet, and Jim comes barrelling towards you.
You feel the she-unicorn preparing to run beside you, preparing to join Jim. You've already cast your lot with the two, by attacking the monarch. There's only one thing you can do...