D.E.R.P.Y.H.O.O.V.E.S.

Five days later...

The Mane Six were teleported later due to a time warp where the teleportation pulled the 6 into the space-time continuum. And that was when the two mares, sent to retrieve the 6 who went missing, could see again. It started out as a slow static as their minds began to work again, powering the hearts and lungs that were removed and replaced. The static slowly faded and there stood the Mane Six, and all the little fillies and scared mares.

The purple unicorn passed out on top of a familiar blue pegasus, who let out an agonizing scream and shouted, "I'm sorry, Fluttershy!" Then she realized she was back to normal, and blushed. "Oops."

The white unicorn that ran the Carousel Boutique in Ponyville jumped up and started chasing an orange Earth Pony, the one who usually serves cider every year. "Rarity! Stop!" the orange mare shouted. The mad unicorn paused, and said in her naturally posh accent, "Whatever happened to me? I've never had a cannibalistic nature before! And I vow to never do such again!" A yellow pegasus on the other side of the room stood, shook her head and wings to get shards of glass off, and saw the shaken blue pegasus. She smiled the biggest, happiest grin and flew to hug her friend. "Rainbow! Do you know what happened?"

A pink pony, the one who helps run Sugarcube Corner, sat up, and her eyes went wide, and her hair drooped. The orange Earth Pony saw this and ran to her side. "What's wrong, sugarcube?" The pink one turned to her companion. "I saw it all. Every single one of you, dead." Rarity stiffened. "Did you say," she gulped, "dead?" The pink pony nodded. Rainbow let go of the yellow pegasus, and flew to the shaken pony's side. "I'm sorry, Pinkie, but I need you to tell us all what happened." And so, Pinkie took a shaky breath, and began the recollection of the events.

"Rainbow's wings were ripped off and eyes torn out." Rainbow's eyes widened. "Fluttershy screamed when Rainbow died and slammed your head against the wall until your skull cracked." The yellow pegasus recalled the event and turned red as Rainbow turned to her and said, "I told you to be strong for me!" Fluttershy responded meekly, saying, "You would have gotten depressed if you watched me die." Rainbow bowed her head and said, "Fair enough. Continue, Pinkie." Pinkie started taking small, sad hops and continued, "Applejack, you starved; Rarity, you began to eat Applejack crazily and bled to death internally from a rib bone chip; And I," Pinkie sobbed, "I was stabbed with a knife. The one sitting next to Rarity, over there." She pointed in Rarity's direction as she hopped onto Applejack's lap, curled up, and cried.

"Honey, that took a lot of courage, and I'm proud of you, but I can see how you were so scared." Applejack petted Pinkie's hair and soothed her. Rarity took it all in, and slumped, looking at the knife that sat beside her. Rainbow hugged Fluttershy in an attempt to calm each other.

Aquaswirl shook her head at the turn-out of what happened to the Heroes of Equestria. Carrot was bewildered, as were the twenty other ponies there, and murmuring doubts began to spread.

A long while later, after everypony had settled down, the purple unicorn awoke. Rarity ran over to her and hugged her tightly. "Oh, thank goodness you're okay!" Applejack had calmed Pinkie down enough and fluffed up her hair that they could all go and comfort their friend. The poor unicorn shivered with trauma at the remembrance of the incident. Pinkie smiled, "I shared everyone's story, but we don't know what happened to you. What DID happen?"

"Well," the unicorn started, "after Pinkie got stabbed, I was teleported onto the table and the stallion who was torturing us all came out and showed himself. But," she gasped, "he wore my brother's face. He was a shapeshifter. He began to saw my horn off and I remembered everything you guys had done for me, and magic took over. I can't remember what happened except that that evil stallion faded from existence."

Rarity smiled and pulled her companion closer. "It's okay now, sweetie. We're all okay, thanks to your magic outburst." Applejack smiled softly and said, "Alright, sugarcube, let's get out of here."

"Wait," Fluttershy called, "come here, I found a sign." The unicorn stood, and walked toward her. The other four followed. "Loremane's Lab," she read aloud. "So that's what his name was." Applejack growled. "Let's get out of here before we have any more trouble." Rainbow said. "Agreed." Rarity affirmed.

"But," the unicorn said, "do any of you want to remember this?" Fluttershy was the first to speak. "I think I am speaking for everyone when I say... Yes." The other four Mane ponies, and twenty casualties nodded. "All right, let's get us home." Rarity said. And with a flash of the purple pony's horn and a blinding light, they teleported back to Ponyville. Back home. Back... To safety.