Disharmony Rises

"Here. Take it." Dash said as she threw the necklace to Twilight.

Twilight slipped it into her bag and sprinted to catch up with her friend, who was walking rather quickly.

"Is everything ok Rainbow?" Twilight asked as she caught up with Dash.

Dash just shook her head.

"Aw, come on Dashie. You can tell us." Pinkie said.

Dash just shook her head and kept walking. They continued on in silence for several minutes before they came to the edge of the city and could see almost all of Equestria from this vantage point. Dash looked off into the distance and could make out another large dark cloud hanging over a town far off to the East.

"Looks like we have our next destination." Twilight said as she followed Dash's gaze.

"Pinkie. Think you..." Twilight began.

"Already on it Twilight!" Pinkie yelled as she boarded the balloon that seemingly came out of nowhere.

"Pinkie, how..." Twilight began.

"Yea Twi?" Pinkie asked.

"Nevermind." Twilight said as she boarded the balloon.

They all rode in silence as the balloon drifted towards the town they had seen in the distance. Once the balloon landed on the outskirts of the town, they realized that this town was all too familiar.

"Isn't this where we met that dreadful unicorn that stole our cutie marks?" Rarity asked.

"I'm pretty sure it is." Twilight said as she looked around.

"Do ya think she's here?" AJ asked.

"If she is, my mom will kick her ass. Right mom?" Wind asked as she looked at her mom.

Dash just gave a weak smile in return and hugged her daughter. As they walked through the town, Twilight noticed something was off.

"Where is everyone?" She asked aloud.

"Maybe they're all at a secret party." Pinkie suggested.

Twilight just gave her a stern look.

"What?" Pinkie asked.

Twilight shook her head.

"Reckon we should look in that cave she kept all the cutie marks in before?" AJ asked.

"I guess it's a start." Twilight said as she led the group out of the town and towards the cave.

As they walked, Wind fell back to walk beside her mother.

"What's wrong mom? You haven't said a word since we left Cloudsdale." She asked.

Dash just looked at her daughter and sighed.

"I used to look up to Spitfire, but she betrayed us." Dash said.

"She was just under the influence of the element mom. It's ok." Wind replied.

"Why did she get that element to begin with though?" Dash asked.

Wind just shrugged.

"Exactly. You don't just receive an element. You have to show the trait of that element." Dash said, answering her own question.