The Factions of Equestria

Three days later...

The slab of meat was unidentifiable. It ended up getting preserved and shipped to the scientist ponies of Canterlot to try and determine what animal it was once a part of.

As the days went by, more ponies began disappearing. At first, only one was missing...but the next night, ten were gone. By the third night, about half of Ponyville's population was gone...and the majority of them were mares.

Ponyville was in a panic. Neighbors wondered where their friends were, stallions wondered where their wives were, and foals wondered where their mothers were. Everypony was angry and demanding answers.

Mayor Mare became desperate. Ponyville was scared and dangerously mad. She was running out of options, until she got an idea. She approached the ED base within Ponyville and asked if Luke could do anything to assist her in calming the citizens down. They ended up signing "The Coalition Agreement", a document that allowed the ED clan to be an official part of Ponyville. They were given the power to enforce laws, arrest criminals in the town, and unlimited access to town hall. They took advantage of that by making it into a secondary base...supplying it with weapons, bunk beds, and provisions. In exchange for this, Mayor Mare was given two ED members to protect her at all times. They had to wear gray armbands on their right arms wherever they went. Along with that, Michael was ordered to stay in Town hall and be second in charge there.

Luke knew he had to do much, MUCH more to make sure nopony else got taken away. Two days ago, five more people rebelled from the PAP clan and joined Luke's clan. Along with them, a small group of seven wandering humans stumbled across the ED clan. All these members made Luke's clan member count go from twelve, to a whopping twenty-four! Three out of the five ex PAP members were skilled builders and engineers.

Five days later...

Using his new power and engineers, Luke had several watch towers made of bricks posted all around Ponyville. There had to be one person in each tower all the time, and if danger was sighted...they had to blow their air horn. Troops had to regularly patrol town every day, and ever night. This did stop the pony-napping, but the ponies who already were...still weren't located yet. Some ED members became depressed because their marefriends were gone. Families were upset and scared for their loved ones. However, the Apple Family were the most depressed. Applejack hardly spoke, Granny Smith became so upset...she got ill, and spent most of the day in bed. Big Macintosh...well, he would simply stare at the wall in his room...it was rather creepy to anyone who walked by.

Luke was constantly stressed. He knew he had to find the missing ponies, but...he didn't know where to go. The results still didn't come back from Canterlot...so all he could do...was wait.

And wait...

And wait...

.............and wait...........