Shocked and Speechless

Sobbing spread like a disease in the room. It started with Rainbow Dash, then Twilight Sparkle, then Scootaloo, followed by Pinkie Pie. Next was Apple Bloom, then Rarity, then Fluttershy, and followed by Sweetie Belle, and Applejack.

Spike walked in, glanced at the TV screen, and sighed. Twilight walked up and hugged him. Spike started to cry.

Scootaloo had finally stopped crying, and was heading to the bathroom to wash her face. She finally understood the situation: many ponies were dead or dying, and this might be the start of a Civil War. Scootaloo’s chest ached at the thought of a possible war about to break.

When she walked out, she said to herself, “Nothing can get worse than this.” Just as she finished talking, the room filled with screams again. Scootaloo got startled and nearly had a heart attack. Expecting the worst, she turned to the TV cautiously. Her eyes filled with tears again. The Ponygon, where all of Equestria’s finest warriors are trained, was hit by another Wonderbolt.

Rainbow Dash knew what happened by now: terrorist ponies had hijacked the poor Wonderbolt members and forced them to kill themselves by flying into buildings, not only killing the terrorist ponies, but also hundreds of other ponies. But what terrorist group was this? Members of Discord’s group? Trixie’s minions? Nobody knew right now.

Another question had popped into Rainbow Dash‘s head: Why would some pony do this? Was it a rebellion like Twilight suggested? Was it revenge? On what? So many questions went through her head that she eventually felt lightheaded, feeling like she would throw up any minute.

Three buildings hit; about 2,000 ponies dead by now; how could it get any worse? It seemed like whenever they asked themselves that, everything got worse.