Disharmony Saga

Twilight and her friends were exhausted from the rough night that they had just endured.  From their altered escape from Canterlot, to their train cart being thrown into the Ever Free Forest, and finally to the brief encounter with Zartanis. Night was fading quickly but Twilight did not know what would come out of the horizon. With Princess Celestia turned to stone it was hard to say if the sun would rise at all. Twilight was horribly tired and she knew her friends were too. Having to carry an injured Rainbow Dash and Zecora was really draining their strength from them. Finally though Twilight and her friends reached Zecora’s hut in the forest. Twilight briefly considers resting in her hut but realized that it was not the safest option with Zecora being injured at the moment. “Come on girls we can’t stop now. I know we’re all tired but PonyVille is just a little further.” Rainbow Dash had fallen asleep while being carried by Twilight and Apple Jack. Twilight wasn’t sure if Zecora had fallen asleep or passed out from her wounds. Either way they had to hurry and return to PonyVille, once there they could decide on what to do next. About a half hour later Twilight received her answer about the sun as it began to rise over the horizon. It was a dim but at least it was there. Finally Twilight and her friends were at the foot of a hill that overlooked PonyVille.  As soon as they reached the top though Twilight saw PonyVille different than from the previous day. It was completely crowded with ponies and guards from Canterlot were stationed at every corner. As they descended the hill Twilight and her friends made their way to the local hospital. They didn’t get far when from crowd of ponies Spike emerged, “Twilight!? Twilight! It’s you, I knew they were wrong! They told me that you had been taken out when the train from Canterlot was attacked. I didn’t believe them because I knew that you and all your friends would make It back.” Spike hugs Twilight but then realizes their bruises and injuries. He hadn’t notice that they were carrying Rainbow Dash and Zecora, “Twilight what happened out there? “ Twilight turns away from Spike to continue moving, “I’ll tell you what’s happened after but right now we need to get Rainbow and Zecora to the hospital.” Spike looks at Rainbow and Zecora and says no more following silently behind them. The group reaches the hospital and notice how crowded it is. They barely manage to get Rainbow and Zecora a room. Some time passes and Rainbow has her broken wing dressed and put in a cast. Zecora is put in a bed and monitored by the doctors whenever they have the time. Twilight and the rest are in the hospital room to keep Rainbow and Zecora company. Rainbow Dash is feeling better but annoyed to know that she won’t be able to use her wing for three days. Rainbow Dash comments on her current condition, “Aww man…stuck with a broken wing again. This is seriously lame.” Looking over at Zecora’s bed right next to her though Rainbow blushes and looks away. Twilight is about to speak when the door to the hospital room opens and Cadance walks in angrily towards Twilight, “How could you do that? How could you do that to your brother?” Cadance looks directly at Twilight with tears in her eyes. Twilight moves closer to speak to her, “Cadance we had to…” Twilight doesn’t get to finish her sentence as Cadance slaps Twilight across the face, “If you would have seen your brother after your cart was ripped from the train, he was emotionally spent. He wanted to stop the train and head out to search for you but realized that he had to get all the other ponies on the train to safety first.” Cadance turns away from Twilight, “As soon as the train pulled into PonyVille he got a search party and headed out into the Ever Free Forest to look for look. He’s still out there now.” Twilight rubbing her sore face moves next to Cadance, “I’m sorry but me and my friends had to do what was necessary in order to ensure that the train would make it back safely.” Twilights friends look at them but stay silent. Cadance looks towards Twilight and hugs her, tears still streaming from her eyes. “It wasn’t just your brother that was worried, I was afraid that I had lost you too.” Twilight closes her eyes, “I really am sorry for what I put both of you through.” Twilight backs up a little wipes the tears from Cadence’s eyes, “When my brother gets back we need to have a talk over what we are going to do.” Cadance closes her eyes and nods in agreement. A few hours pass before Shining Armor returns to PonyVille and hears the news that his sister has made it back from one of the guards.  He runs towards the hospital at full speed until finally after opening the door to the hospital room he looks directly at Twilight. He grabs her in a great hug, “I thought I lost my little sister.” Twilight looks at him and apologizes. After explaining what had happened to them after their train cart landed in the Ever Free Forest Twilight moves towards the window. “I’m afraid that Equestria is no longer what we remember. Princess Celestia is still being kept at Canterlot and Princess Luna has once again become Nightmare Moon.” With this Twilight looks at Cadance, “The ponies of Equestria need a ruler to guide them. Cadance you must rule in Celestia’s place for the time being. You are the last princess.” Cadance is taken by surprise by this, “Me rule in Celestia’s place? I could never be worthy for such a task.” Shining Armor puts his hoof over Cadance, “You have to rule in Celestia’s place. Twilight’s right, the ponies of Equestria need a pony to rally under.” Cadance looks at Shining Armor and agrees. Twilight now turns her attention towards Shining Armor, “I’ve been talking this over with my friends and we realize that Siren is hunting us and will bring harm to any pony in her way to get to us.” Twilight looks towards Zecora before looking back at Shining Armor, “After me and my friends were hit by the dark blast from the Elements of Disharmony we lost our cutie marks. Not only that we lost our ability to use the Elements of Harmony. Without the elements, fighting against Siren would be useless since there is no way we could win .Me and my friends have agreed that in about three days we should split up into three groups and leave PonyVille for the time being in order to ensure that it won’t be attacked. We have heard rumors from other ponies in the hospital that three other cities in Equestria are experiencing strange things. So we’ve decided that we will head to the cities of Manehatten, Appleloosa, and Las Pegasus in groups of two to investigate these claims. We hope that by leaving PonyVille we’ll avoid bringing Siren’s destruction down on the village.” Shining Armor looks at Twilight sternly but then lets his gaze fall to the floor before sighing, “I understand why you need to do this and I could not be prouder of you and your friends.” Twilight walks up to Shining Armor, “Thank you big brother. I need you to stay here and guard the village while me and my friends are gone.” Shining Armor brings his gaze back up, “You can count on me Twilie.” In three days the ponies prepare for their separate journeys across Equestria saying good bye to their friends and families.  Finally the day arrives and the six ponies meet to iron everything out.  Twilight moves into the center of the group, “All right every pony, this is how we’re going to travel, me and Pinkie Pie are going to head towards Manehatten.” Pinkie bounces up and down in anticipation. “Rarity and Rainbow Dash will head to Las Pegasus” Rarity and Rainbow look at each other and give a smile. “Finally Apple Jack and Fluttershy will head to Appleloosa” Apple Jack and Fluttershy look nervously at each other but nod in agreement. “Remember girls we must leave PonyVille and go into hiding for the time being but we will return one day.” Every pony nods in agreement as they set off in different directions. Once Twilight and Pinkie are out of PonyVille Twilight turns back in time to see her brother put up a shield around PonyVille. Twilight looks ahead as the sun begins to rise.

Back in Canterlot Siren is in the StarSwirl the bearded archives doing research when she is interrupted by Zartanis who comes in dragging his injured hoof, “Siren we have a problem, my sources tell me that Twilight and her friends are  no longer in PonyVille and that they have gone into hiding across all of Equestria.” Siren turns around quickly and with her magic hits Zartanis with a blast that sends him into a stack of scrolls. Siren moves up to him, “If you hadn’t failed me then they wouldn’t have escaped the forest in the first place.” Siren grabs hold of Zartanis’s hurt hoof and applies pressure with her magic. Zartanis reels back from the pain, “It doesn’t matter though. I could care less if they flee and hide from me.” With this Siren lets go of Zartanis’s injured hoof. Siren heads back to the scroll she was reading, “Soon nothing that they do will enough to stop me.”