Ponies Will Save the Clans

Snowear let out a little sigh as she watched her kits playing near the entrance to the nursery. They were all strong healthy kits, someday they would make fine warriors. But Snowear didn't want that day to come. Tigerstar had too many warriors already. She didn't want her kits to join their ranks.

Twilight sighed as she walked towards Sweet Apple Acres, she was tired of alternate worlds. Princess Celestia had called her to a meeting yesterday in which Celestia had said that a different world was in dire need and that she and her friends were requested to go and help. Twilight couldn't bring herself to say no, she actually wanted to help them, she was just sick of going places where everything was different.

She found Applejack and Rainbow Dash involved in a good natured banter in the barn while Applejack worked. She didn't want to interrupt them but Celestia had said that they were to go as soon as possible.

"A.J., Rainbow, fetch Rarity and Fluttershy while I get Pinkie and meet me at the library." By 'the library' Twilight meant her castle, but she had lived in the real library for so long that her and her friends had taken to calling it the library.

As she rushed out the barn door to go find Pinkie, Rainbow asked, "Why? What's wrong Twilight?"

"Nothing here." She replied. "I'll tell you at the library."

Stripeclaw hissed as Hawkfrost ordered her to go hunting, but there was nothing she could do about it. If she stood up to him then Tigerstar would harm Dewkit, she was helpless, there was nothing she could do.

At the library with her friends Twilight explained the situation. "Princess Celestia wants us to help a different world. She's unsure of exactly what the problem is, but to me it sounded like some unstoppable tyrant. She also has no clue what this world is like but she wants us to go anyway."

"Unstoppable tyrant? Sounds like something we can handle!" Rainbow interrupted.

Twilight sighed, she seemed to be doing that a lot lately. "I think that it's going to be harder than that, we have no clue what this world is like and I could be completely wrong about the nature of the problem. But Princess Celestia said that time is of the essence. Also don't forget that our elements may not even work over there, but I still think we can do it girls."

"That's a lot of buts, Twi." Applejack commented. "Let's do it anyway."

"I'm game!" Rainbow shouted.

"Me too!" Pinkie squealed.

"I'll go if you're all going." Rarity said.

"I- Uh, well, I guess…" Fluttershy whispered.

"Okay! Everyone be packed for Canterlot at nine o'clock tomorrow morning." Twilight ended the meeting.

Glassflower scowled as she heard Tigerstar approaching. As far as she knew she hadn't done anything to make him mad for the past few moons. Maybe this was about the herbs she had convinced Jayfeather to purposely mix up.

"Glassflower," Tigerstar said. "What's this I'm hearing about you telling stories to the kits?"

It was about that. "I don't know what you've heard so I can't tell you." She snapped back.

"Breezepelt said that he was going in the nursery to see Snowear and the kits, when he heard the name Firestar mentioned." Tigerstar spat out the name like it was crowfood. "Is this true?"

"Yes." Glassflower answered testily. "I don't see what's wrong with the kits knowing of the past."

"You know you are to say nothing about the past. especially not about Firestar!" Tigerstar managed to calm himself down. "I do not want to hear of anything like this happening ever again. Do you hear me Glassflower?"

"Yes, Tigerstar." She replied reluctantly.

"Good."

"Everypony ready?" Twilight asked when they arrived at the train station. She was answered with a chorus of various positive replies.

"Okay then! All aboard for Canterlot!" Pinkie hollered with the conductor. Everypony laughed and got on the train.

In Canterlot they immediately went to the palace to see Celestia.

"You all agree to help this world in every way you can?" Celestia asked one last time.

"Of course." Twilight assured her.

"Good. I will now perform the spell that will take you there." Celestia said.

"Can't Twilight do it?" Rainbow asked.

"Yes but she would then be left behind as the spell does not affect the pony who casts it."

"Oh."

Celestia cast the spell and the ponies slowly faded out of sight.