The Broken Element of Loyalty

Twilight woke up at the first sound of thunder. 'Wasn't there just a storm yesterday?' She thought. It didn't matter. She was used to clearing away storms and became a professional at it. She slipped on her costume before teleporting to the middle of Ponyville. The ponies were staring at her, waiting for her to do her magic. Twilight concentrated on clearing away the clouds, which had always worked. Besides, there was another spell for plan B. Another spell for plan C. That should be enough plans and besides, Spike was going through a few books to see if there were any other spells. There weren't that many spells known to clear weather through unicorns.

The town ponies stared eagerly before whispering to one another in confusion when nothing was happening. Twilight knew that there wasn't any chance of her horn not working so it meant that the spell couldn't repel the storm. At least she still had two plans, she reminded herself as she felt a panic attack rising in her chest. Twilight tried the second spell as she blasted her magical aura towards the sky, trying to drive the clouds to another location. It didn't succeed and the clouds continued to flash lightning down at the town ponies.

Sweetie Belle narrowed her eyes, "Is someone being an imposter to Mare Do Well? I recall Mare Do Well being able to do anything and clear away the weather. Apple Bloom? Scootaloo? What do you think?" The other two fillies nodded and muttered an agreement. Panicking, Twilight concentrated on the third spell to drive the storm away. This spell would take up about all her magical energy and keep her from doing magic for some time. On top of that, she never did this particular spell and didn't have much experience on it. She wasn't even sure if the spell was genuine since she had bought the book instead of relying on Princess Celestia. Twilight gulped, deciding that it was worth a try.

Meanwhile, a light blue colored Pegasus was enjoying the show from Fluttershy's window. The other Pegasus was pacing around, hoping that Twilight would be alright. Rainbow felt a tang of pain from causing one of her oldest friends to panic this much.

Fluttershy continued pacing, "I'm really worried about Twilight and the storm. If the others want me to be Mare Do Well and clear up the clouds, I'm not sure if I could do it. Rainbow, would you be willing to do it while wearing the costume?"

Shocked, Rainbow shook her head, "No way. Mare Do Well is what drove me out of town. It hurts enough seeing her but it'll be too painful wearing the costume and doing heroics with it."

Fluttershy sighed, "I'm sorry for asking." They both looked outside the window to see Twilight floating up into the air while using magic. There was a large blast of her magical aura and the sparkles eventually faded. The storm was still there and Twilight seemed to be out of energy. The costumed Mare Do Well teleported to the cottage and collasped on the floor immediately. Her costume was burning and her hair was black. Rainbow stifled a chuckle, Rarity was going to freak out when she arrived.

Fluttershy looked at Rainbow, "I'll stay here with Twilight. You should go outside and make sure that the town doesn't stampede... I mean, if you're free."

The other conscious pony sighed, "I think that showing up would cause a stampede. I'll watch from this window." She looked outside to see the town ponies scrambling around like it was acid rain, which it wasn't.

Rarity sniffed, "Of all the worst thing. This is. The. Worst. Thing. And I actually mean it this time." Rarity was under an umbrella with Applejack. Pinkie Pie's mane was spinning around, driving up the rain to a nearby drain. Number one rule around Pinkie, never question her.

Applejack looked at Rarity, "Ah don't suppose you see Rainbow?" Rarity shook her head, jumping a little when a few raindrops few onto her back.

The mayor walked to where Mare Do Well stood before, "Citizens of Ponyville. I'm sure that the weather patrol team would be able to clear the weather. After all, this is just a storm and they are trained enough to drive it away." The other Pegasi on the weather team gulped. They flapped their wings and went to the clouds. Crack! A flash of light struck down one of them and the others stared in shock. This lightning was rather powerful. Crack! A tree began burning and the Pegasi began to fly away instead of clearing the storm, clearly too afraid to be struck with lightning. The closer the storm, the more damage they could get. The unicorns began blasting off random magic that didn't work before putting a shield around them, allowing raindrops to get onto them but the lightning wouldn't be able to harm them as much. Crack! A burned unicorn fell onto the ground. Clearly, the shields didn't work. The mayor looked truly afraid and gave orders for everypony to run and to not be hit while she was going to send a letter to the Wonderbolts.

Rainbow chuckled at the scene. 'Revenge,' she thought, 'was truly a gift. I never thought that I could stir up so much chaos,'

The other ponies from the mane 6 ran into the cottage before slamming the door shut. They were soaking wet, even Rarity who had dropped the umbrella to get to the cottage as quickly as possible.

Applejack turned to Rainbow, "Ya have to do somethin'."

She chuckled, "I don't have to do anything. What do I owe you?"

Rarity brushed her mane, "Well, nothing I suppose but you're our friend. You support Ponyville and Ponyville needs you. Are you telling me that you aren't going to support Ponyville?"

Rainbow rolled her magenta eyes, "I already said that I'm not going to support anything and that I'm not in your group. I no longer hold a responsibility to Ponyville and it's weather." Bang! Bang! Crash! The door was knocked down.

A griffin said, "Dash. I need to talk to you."