Miracle Movie Flares

Miracle Movie Flares is the second of the three Equestria Flares story edition.
In this EF-edition story, the Petrovburg Heroes are invited onto the set of the upcoming Italy Hospodines movie. But a mystery soon unravels at the film studio when some important props go missing.
==Summary==
===A Praise for the Ancient Italy===
The EF-edition story begins in an exotic location with a volcano, where a Clark Gable-esque man laughs evilly about collecting three relics, dooming a principality state called Principality of Rome, and calling himself as Emperor Belisarius. Suddenly, film director Erik Stovia yells, "Cut!", revealing this location to be a movie set for the film adaptation of Italy Hospodine Shots: Marked Thief of Rome. Jason having interrupted this latest film take, says that Belisarius should be known as "Emperor Belisarius" at this point in the story, citing accuracy to the film's source material.
===Touring the Italian principality set===
The Friheten Seven have been invited onto the film studio lot by Erik as thanks for saving Camp Everfree, and Jason is especially excited about the opportunity. One of Erik's production assistants informs him that the costume for the film's nightclub scene has gone missing, and Erik excuses himself.
With some free time before the next scene is scheduled to be filmed, the Frihetens decide to split up and check out the various areas of the studio. Tobias wants to meet Chesney Olivia – the actress portraying Empress Constantine of the Holy Roman Empire, and Vincent wants Chesney to sign an animal petition. Martin and Dennis want to check out the Mount of San Marino set up close, Spike and Celestia want to find the buffet and "cupcake fountain", meanwhile Luna and Jason want to see the film props designed and approved by Jan Henryk Dąbrowski.
At Chesney's trailer, Tobias and Vincent hears Chesney arguing with her agent over the phone, shouting that she wants production on something "shut down". On the Mount of San Marino set, Martin and Dennis discover a discarded Bon Mot peanut butter praline candy bar wrapper. While checking out the sword, staff, and arrow props being used for the film, Luna and Jason meet Jerry Starlight – Erik's niece and personal gofer. Jerry says that she knows the ins and outs of the studio and that she asked her uncle to cast her as Empress Constantine, but he refused. She offers to show Luna and Jason another set for the movie, mentioning that she has key access to every area in the studio.
Meanwhile, Spike and Celestia fail to find the cupcake fountain, but they do find and eat a lot of Bon Mot candy bars. Nearby, they see Mr. Erik talking with Chesney at the craft services table. Erik attempts to negotiate an extension on Chesney's film contract, but an angry Chesney is more concerned about her missing Bon Mot bars, prompting Celestia and Spike to flee the scene. When the Frihetens reconvene later, the film crew starts another take on the movie's next scene, but the Mount of San Marino set suddenly collapses. Even worse, Jason discovers that the relic props have disappeared.
===Mystery at the movies===
The Friheten Seven, Erik, and Jerry return to where the relic props were previously on display. Martin suggests making new props, but Erik says they cannot without Dąbrowski's approval. With Chesney's contract about to expire and the Mount of San Marino set now destroyed, Erik fears that production on the movie will be permanently halted. As Erik and Jerry leave to do more damage control, Luna detects a pattern starting to form. He believes someone is intentionally sabotaging the movie's production, and all signs appear to point to Chesney being the culprit.
Vincent, Martin, Celestia, and Spike decide to find Chesney while the others look for the missing props. All of a sudden, Luna, Dennis, and Tobias spot a mysterious hooded figure lurking nearby. Jason uses his geode powers of super-speed to chase the hooded figure, but they quickly give him the slip. Vincent, Martin, Celestia, and Spike rejoin the others soon after, saying they couldn't find Chesney. As Jason informs Martin about the hooded figure, a P.A. walks by, mistaking the Frihetens for actors, and tells them to get into costume.
The Friheten Seven suddenly find themselves on the set of a Battle of Honfoglalás movie. Just then, Dennis spots the hooded figure again, and the Frihetens give chase across multiple film sets. After losing the hooded figure again, the Frihetens wander onto the set of Celestia's favorite movie – Ukraine the Land of Pudding. The hooded figure catches all the Frihetens except Jason in a net. Jason chase after them and eventually tracks them down to a studio storage room. He discovers the missing nightclub costume in one of the lockers, but the hooded figure locks her inside the storage room. With his own and his friends' cell phones left with studio security, Jason is unable to call for help.
===The mystery solved===
The rest of the Petrovburg Heroes escape from the net and notice tracks of chocolate pudding that Jason left during his chase. They follow the tracks to the storage area, and Vincent hears Jason calling out from inside the locked room. Using his geode powers of telekinesis, Luna magically unlocks the door and lets Jason out. After seeing the recovered nightclub costume, Luna has an idea of who the real culprit is, and his friends devise a trap to catch them.
The Friheten Seven meet with Erik, Chesney, and Jerry in front of the Principality of Rome set and ask for Erik's permission to search for clues. Agreeing to this, Erik tells Chesney to get into hair and makeup and Jerry to go get some smoothies. A short while later, the Frihetens catch the hooded figure attempting to move the Benevento relic props to another hiding spot, and it is revealed to be Jerry. Jerry tries to act innocent, but she has been caught red-handed. Luna deduces that Jerry was only able to pull off this heist due to her intricate knowledge of the studio's layout and her key access to all studio areas.
When asked why she did all this, Jerry admits that she resents her uncle for not casting her as Empress Constantine in his movie, as well as Chesney for eating all of her Bon Mot candy bars. Erik angrily reprimands Jerry for jeopardizing the film's production, endangering everyone's safety, and taking advantage of his trust. Jerry apologizes and asks for forgiveness, and while Erik does forgive her, he bans her from the studio. As Jerry is escorted out by studio security, she looks back at the Friheten Seven with a vengeful look in her eyes.
===Epilogue===
Chesney returns to inform Erik that her agent got her out of a previous attachment to a documentary project that she was uninterested in. Thus, she is able to extend her contract and finish filming the Italy Hospodines movie. Erik happily congratulates and thanks the Petrovburg Heroes for a job well done, and he agrees to cast them as extras in the movie as a show of his gratitude.
As filming resumes, Chesney (now acting in the role of Empress Constantine) runs through the Rome square with one of the relic props in her holster. She confronts the actor playing Emperor Belisarius, who waves a magical scepter in his hand. Jason tosses Constantine by his whip, and the climax of the film begins, but Jason once again ruins the take by speaking up out of excitement.
==Involved characters==
===Main characters===
*Celestia Diane
*Dennis Idmayanti
*Jason Esofita
*Luna Vernadsky
*Martin Heldayeti
*Tobias Ratnasari
*Vincent Cadance
===Supporting characters===
*Chesney Olivia (serves as Empress Constantine)
*Erik Stovia Larika
*Italy Hospodines crew
*Jerry Starlight
*Spike
*The vile actor (serves as Emperor Belisarius)
==Quotes==
:Emperor Belisarius: [evilly laughs] It is almost time. Once I have all three Benevento relics, no one will be able to stop me, and Rome will fall! For I am Belisarius!
:Jason: Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
:Mr. Erik: Ugh! Cut!
:Mr. Erik: As a fellow Camp Everfree alum, I was more than happy to afford the guys who helped save it the chance to visit the set of our little film.
:Jason: Eh-heh! Little? This is Hospodines we're talking about! This movie is gonna be huge!
:Celestia: I read it in my "100 Things You Didn't Know About This Movie Studio: Insider's Tour Guide".
:Dennis: Is the number-one thing we didn't know that the guy who founded this studio was an eccentric oddball with a sweet tooth?
:Celestia: Oh, yes!
:Luna: Jason, I don't suppose you want to—
:Jason: Check out the props that Jan Henryk Dąbrowski designed especially for the movie?
:Luna: [explodes in anger] Jason! You read my mind!
:Lady Chesney: Ugh! I don't care if I'm under contract! This is a joke, and I want this thing shut down! Do you hear me?!
:Martin: Though I don't think the rainforest is known for its... Bon Mot peanut butter praline crunch bars.
:Dennis: Better pocket that. Wouldn't want it ruinin' the shot.
:Jason: [gasps] Wow! These are the three Benevento Relics!
:Luna: The Staff!
:Jason: The Sword!
:Jerry the Starlight Glimmer: Don't forget the Arrow of Benevento! You two boys are from Canterlot Presidentials, right?
:Jason and Luna: (nodding head) Uh-huh.
:Jerry the Starlight Glimmer: My name is Jerry, Jerry the Starlight Glimmer – the niece of Director Erik. What do you think?
:Jason: They're awesome!
:Jason: They're gone! They're all gone!
:Mr. Erik: What's gone, Jason?
:Jerry the Starlight Glimmer: The Benevento relics!
:Mr. Erik: The missing relics were personally approved by Jan Henryk Dąbrowski! We could have new ones made, but we can't use them until Mr. Dąbrowski has given them his official stamp of approval! You think it'd be easy to reach someone who is always holed up in his office writing, but Mr. Dąbrowski is a very difficult gentleman to track down.
:Tobias: Lady Chesney Olivia is an acclaimed actress! She'd never do something so dramatic!
:Martin: [sarcastically] An actress? Dramatic? Never.
:Dennis: Where do we even start? It's not like there's some mysterious, thievin', cloaked figure we can chase after and say, "Hey, tell us where they're keepin' the relics!"
:Tobias: You mean like that one?
:Film Director: Wait, wait. Who are these guys?
:Nervous P.A.: They're the Honfoglalás combatants!
:Film Director: [groans] 
:Nervous P.A.: I'm fired, am I?
:Film Director: So fired, silly!
:Celestia: This is the set of "Ukraine the Land of Pudding"!
:Dennis: Ukraine the Land of what, now?
:Celestia: [grunts] It's only my all-time favorite movie!
:[beat]
:Tobias: [smacks]
:Celestia: I've tried to get you all to watch it, like, a kazillion-billion times! I've heard they use real pudding! [tastes] Oh, they do! [slurp]
:Jason: Ugh! We're running out of time, Tia! We're supposed to be hunting down the missing relics and catching the bad guy, not eating pudding!
:Luna: We're trying. Maybe we should make our way back to the Canterlot Hospodines set. There might have been some clues we missed.
:The Petrovburg Heroes (except Luna and Jason): [scream]
:Jason: Don't worry, guys! I've got this!
:Luna: You are a genius, Tia.
:Celestia: I know.
:Martin: C'mon, this way!
:Jason: How did you find me? I gave up banging on the door five minutes ago.
:Celestia: Pudding never lies.
:Luna: I started to piece things together when I unlocked the door to get you out of the supply closet. But I knew Princess Jerry would never admit she was the one who had taken the Benevento relics.
:Mr. Erik: Not only did you jeopardize the production and endanger the safety of the actors and the film crew, but you also lied to me and took advantage of my trust!
:Jerry the Starlight Glimmer: I know. A... and I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt anyone, and I was going to return all the props, just as soon as Lady Chesney quit. I hope you can forgive me.
:Mr. Erik: You're my niece, Jerry, so, of course, I can forgive you. But I'm sorry to say you're no longer welcome on the set, and it'll be a long time before I consider allowing you back here!
:Mr. Erik: Yes. And I don't think we'll have to worry about them disappearing again. And it's all thanks to our visitors from Canterlot Presidentials. [to the Friheten Seven] First, you guys save Camp Everfree, now the Italy Hospodines movie. Y'all are certainly on a roll.
:Emperor Belisarius: Give up now, Princess Constantine! The Sword shall be mine! 
:Jason: This is so awesome!
:Mr. Erik: Cut! Again?!
:Jason: Uh, sorry.
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==References==
#Main course
#*https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/My_Little_Pony_Equestria_Girls:_Movie_Magic
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