Unfamiliar Grounds

I never thought they would help me like this. The lavender unicorn, Twilight Sparkle, has decided against her teacher, and wants to help Inferno and I start a revolution against her! A revolution, Twilight had said, would stop Celestia, and save us from her, she had agreed that something was up and Celestia wasn't the same anymore.

I looked around at the room, everypony had spent the night, because it had began to rain as we had discussed our plans. I couldn't sleep, but I knew I should, tommorow morning was our first recruitment for a better Equestria. So I laid down, curled in the corner, prepared for terrible dreams.

I was standing in the center of the room I was in last time. I walked over to the room, and twisted the doorknob. I stepped into the hallways, prepared for something to come shooting straight at me. I cautiously advanced through the halls, reaching a door, leading to the outside. The sky was a red-orange color, and mostly covered by a sickening, thick, black smoke. I coughed and stepped outside, the bushes near the house were withered, with hardly any green. I walked down the steps, apparently walking somewhere. I ducked my head, trying to make sure I had no eye contact with the empty streets. I went forward, running across the street. A moment later, I heard aloud noise, then a scream. A moment later, I woke up.

Gasping, I stood up, sweat on my forehead, my legs shaking terribly. I turned around as I heard somepony mutter something. Pinkie Pie was waking up, ready to start her day.

"Oh, good morning, Pinkie Pie." I said as the pink-maned pony stood up.

"Morning Starflight! How are ya?" Pinkie Pie asked, now almost fully awake.

"Oh, I'm uh, fine, I had just a bad dream." I said, not completely lying, not completely truthful.

"Oh, well breakfast will make everything better!" Pinkie Pie said, going to go shake everypony awake.

"Uuuunnhh, good morning." Groaned Inferno, who had clearly had a terrible dream. His hair was in a ruffled, spiky and messy state, and his knees were scratched up from tossing and turning on the wooden floors.

"You okay Princess?" I asked, looking at him.

"Yes. I had a bad dream. Don't call me Princess." He said with a kind of Don't-mess-with-me-I-just-woke-up kind of look.

"Okay let's go downstairs." I suggested, as everypony else headed downstairs. I trotted down the steps, into a dining room with extra tables and chairs set up. Pinkie Pie happily bounced over to the table, carrying plates of pancakes with delicious syrup. I grinned. "Thanks Pinkie, especially thanks for letting us all stay here." I said, grateful for the kindness of the bouncy earth pony.

"No problem!" Pinkie Pie said, grinning.

"Okay girls, we need some plans on how to do some recruiting." Twilight Sparkle said, laying out a bunch of papers and a quill. "I think we might want to design a few flyers, put them up around key areas in Ponyville, and perhaps have Starflight fly some to the next city over.

"Ah think it sounds like a great plan, sugarcube, ah'll make sure ah get the Apple family to join our cause." Said Applejack.

"I can try to get the Wonderbolts!" suggested Rainbow Dash.

"I can get some of the most fabulous and fashionable ponies in town!" Suggested Rarity.

"Alright guys, I think we already have a decent group of rebels if these people join us." I said, glad that these kind ponies would do something this big and life-changing to help me. they hardly even knew Inferno and I, yet they do this. Friendship is truly Magic.