Revolution

The wind was rushing through Rainbow's mane. She had been flying for a few hours now; on her way to a village on the southern border of Equestria. There was something, different about the countryside. She hadn’t seen any ponies, anywhere. Until she arrived at a small farming village. Rainbow Dash’s heart sank as she saw what had been happening at the village.

There were dead bodies piled up on carts. Ponies lying on the ground, half dead and starving. The houses were all dilapidated and the wood was nearly rooting.

The only pony who seemed to be “normal” was a stallion who was busy planting crops. Rainbow Dash approached him and asked. “Whats happening. Why is everypony… Living in such conditions?”

“Because… The guards, they come, every once in awhile… They come, and take away all our crops. Saying that it's needed in other cities. I’ve never heard of any food shortages, ANYWHERE in Equestria!!! Now i'm the only pony here who has enough strength to farm for the entire village.”

“So, there was a reason that those ponies were nearly rioting in Canterlot. Listen, I was flying for half a day to see if the rumours were true. Can I sleep the night here?”

“If you don't mind sleeping in a dilapidated house. And i'm afraid that I won't be able to feed you. I’ve barely got enough to feed myself, let alone the village.”

“I understand, I’ll just be happy to have a place to sleep tonight.”

The sun was beginning to set in Ponyville. Twilight was at the same place she was every Saturday night. At Pinkie Pie's party. There was a table with punch and snacks on it. Balloons hugged the ceiling, and there were lots of games, such as pin the tail on the pony. Twilight yawned. “I think I’m gonna head home, I'm feeling pretty sluggish.”

“Okay Twilight, see you tomorrow?” Pinkie Pie asked her. Twilight nodded as she exited Pinkies place and left Sugar Cube Corner. Spike was sitting on top of her, he was nearly dropping from drowsiness. Twilight walked down the dark road towards her library. She opened the door and entered.

“Who, who.” Owlowiscious hooted as she entered.

“Hello, YAWN, Owlowiscious… I'm gonna go to sleep. See you in the morning.”  Twilight put Spike to bed, before she herself laid down, in her bed and drifted into sleep.

Twilight was in the castle again. “Is this a dream? I can see through my hooves.” She said to herself. She looked up and saw Luna facing Celestia. They both looked furious.

“What do you think YOU’RE doing?!” Celestia yelled at her sister.

“I can’t just sit idly by while our people are dying. What are you doing about it?! Nothing! I'm starting to wonder if it was your fault this all started! I'm leaving sister. And you can't stop me.” Luna said to her sister.

She turned around and was about to leave the throne room, when her sister shot a beam of paralyzing magic at her back. “I'm sorry, but I can't let you leave. I hope you’ll someday understand that what I'm doing right now, is for your own good.” Celestia levitated Lunas paralyzed body into the castle dungeon and chained her up using an enchanted chain which stopped Luna from casting any spells.

Twilight watched with unease. She noticed that Luna was moving her eyes around wildly. Eventually, it looked as if Luna had seen Twilight and stared at her. And with that Twilight woke up. “Wha… What a realistic dream. It's almost, as if it was a vision.” Twilight fell back into bed and let out a sigh before returning to sleep.