Twilight's Decision

At the apple family ranch things had taken a dark turn. ‘Applebloom listen to me you don’t know what you’re doing’ yells Applejack from the other side of the living room.

‘Oh but I do’ Applebloom states calmly as she walks in from the kitchen, ‘after all it’s what my cutie mark is telling me’. She turns showing Applejack a cutie mark shaped like Sombra’s head. when she turns back her eyes shift to green and orange

‘No’ screams Applejack as Applebloom closes in ‘please don’t make me do this’ then as Applebloom doesn’t heed the warning and takes another step so Applejack caves in her skull with a well-placed kick from all her years of apple bucking. Even as she screams at the pain of having done that to her sister she runs out of the house and right into Big Mac who grabs her

“whoa Nellie what’s wrong there’. Still freaking out Applejack starts stuttering

‘she…she…Applebloom….Sombra’ before she can finish she breaks in to tears and collapses. Darkness closes in as she hears Big Mac laugh.

Stepping away from the small window of purple magic in her library Twilight wipes the sweat off her forehead. ‘That was where it started, I think’ says Twilight.

‘And then she came after me’ whispers Rarity.

‘How long have you known this spell Twilight’ says Fluttershy shyly.

‘Oh’ says Twilight distractedly as she rummages through her books ‘I've had it up since Sombra destroyed the crystal heart, just in case he came to take over Ponyvile’.

‘It sucks what we had to do’ Rainbow Dash sadly states from above the others.

‘I still don’t think it was necessary’ says Pinkie Pie with a smile on her face even as tears from in the corners of her eyes.

‘Pinkie’ says Twilight ‘I know you’re not ok and I’m not going to try to make you happy, you and Rainbow Dash need to get to Princess Celestia and warn her’. ‘But we want to help you defend the town!’ yells Rainbow.

‘What are you gonna do Twilight’ Fluttershy stutters.

‘I’m going to put up a shield like Cadance did only this time I’ll have all the Unicorns in Ponyvile helping me’ states Twilight calmly. ‘Well at the same time both of you will go get Celestia before it’s too late.’ ‘When you get back’

‘You mean if we get’ yells Rainbow again.

‘No I mean when’. Twilight turns to face them all as she loses her cool. ‘You’re both the fastest ponies in Ponyvile and without you we have no chance of getting to her in time’ yells Twilight. Calming down she whispers quietly ‘I’m sorry, I know it’s a lot of responsibility but you our only hope’.

‘Ok Twilight’ says Pinkie

‘if you think it’s our only chance’ says Rainbow Dash.

‘Alright then, Rarity, gather the Unicorns, Fluttershy, Applejack’ A picture flashes through her head of Applejacks green-orange eyes. Twilight flinches. ‘Crap’ she says through clenched teeth. ‘Fluttershy gather any animals around the Everfree forest; try to get the ones who need protection or can fight for us’.

‘Ok Twilight’ says Fluttershy as she flies out the window.

‘Jeez that girl can fly when there are animals in danger’ Rainbow says trying to lighten the mood.

‘Alright then’ says Rarity as she trots out the door.

‘Go Rainbow’ says Twilight ‘go before I change my mind’.

‘Alright Twilight’ says Rainbow as she leaves with Pinkie following her. Twilight goes to the balcony of her library and using her new and improved shielding spell covers all of Ponyvile and most of the dark Everfree forest with a purple shield. Then she sits down to wait.