Texas Twilight

Twilight and her assistant Spike were trotting their way back to Twilight's castle. She had just given a lecture of the magic of Friendship at Celestia's school of Magic. They were discussing a certain somepony Twilight swore she saw in the audience. That certain somepony was...

"Starlight Glimmer?" Spike asked in both shock and confusion.

"I was sure I saw her, Spike. But when I looked again, she was gone! I'm just worried what she could be up to." Twilight herself even seemed unsure of what she saw, but she just knew that she saw her in the audience during her presentation.

"Nothing good, I bet. I heard she wasn't very happy the last time you saw her." Spike took her concerns seriously, something was telling him that Twilight was in fact telling the truth.

"Forcing everypony in her village to have the same cutie mark wasn't right. We had to do something!" Twilight had a serious look on her face, she didn't regret what she did to stop Starlight last time. She was stealing cutie marks and forcing ponies to follow her in her own ideology.

"And now she's coming back for revenge. Uh, or she was just really interested in your speech!" Spike gave a unsure smile with a shaky giggle. Twilight couldn't help but give the baby dragon a small but comforting smile back.

"Honestly, Spike. I'm not really sure what I saw. But as long as I have my friends, I know everything will be all right." Twilight's words did seem to put Spike at ease. The both of them make it to the castle and they enter without another word. They were on their way to the cutie map room. Twilight finally decided to break the silence once again, trying to relieve her own anxiety.

"Maybe I was just more stressed about that speech than I thought." Twilight let out an exhausted sigh.

"Yeah. That sounds better than Starlight Glimmer coming back with an evil plot for revenge." Spike joked as they open the door to the cutie map room. From there, Spike's eyes widened at what he saw.

"Well, when you say it like that, it does sound kinda silly." Twilight giggled at Spike's joke, unaware of who was in the cutie map room with them.

"Or it's totally true!" Spike yelled in a panic, pointing at the cutie map. Twilight turns to where he was pointing, and she gasps in shock at who she saw.

"Welcome home, Twilight!" Starlight Glimmer sat on Twilight's throne, smiling evilly at the alicorn princess. With her magic, Starlight teleports and levitates an unknown magic scroll in front of her. She zaps with her magic and it begins to glow, from the scroll, it projects a beam of magic at the map. Before Twilight's eyes, the map animates, but it doesn't show Equestria. The landscape was completely foreign to her, it looked like a desert, with mountains on the side.

"What are you doing, Starlight?" Twilight stepped forward, glaring and spreading her wings out in anger at the unicorn.

"Finally setting in motion what I have planned for months Princess! You took away the only thing I had comfort in, now I'm taking YOU away from your friends!" Starlight spat the words out like they were venom, as a magic hole began to open up in the middle of the map. A powerful vacuum began to suck in Twilight. She tries to fight back against the force but it was a losing battle.

"Twilight!" Spike yelled as he ran to save Twilight, but Twilight's horn began to glow. She grabbed a spike in her magic and threw him away from the map, she didn't want him getting sucked in as well. Twilight was right at the map as the force was getting stronger. A look of fear was spread all across Twilight's face, she didn't know the fate that was awaiting her in that abyss. She looks up at Starlight who was staring at her in evil bliss, finally thinking that she was getting rid of Twilight once in for all. Before Twilight could get sucked in, She uses her magic to grab the scroll Starlight was holding. Both of them struggled to hold onto it until it was ripped in half. Twilight and the bottom half of the scroll are then sucked into the hole, and it finally closes up. Starlight looked at the ripped scroll in dissatisfaction but then shrugs, crumpling it and tossing it to the side.

"It doesn't matter, without the full thing, there is no way she can get back. She's gone! Gone for good!" Starlight began to laugh as Spike looked up at her in shock and awe. Starlight then uses her magic to teleport away from the castle as Spike runs up to the map; it still displays the desert environment.

"Twilight! TWILIGHT!!!" Spike shouted as tears began to flood his eyes.

-Chihuahua Desert Western Texas. 15 miles Northeast of Van Horn-

Travis Shaw was a 26 year old man living by himself in the middle of the desert. His home wasn't the most luxurious, but it was home to him. He lived alone, with 3 dogs that he cared a lot about. They were a Doberman named Pharaoh, a Cane Corso name Barb, and a Dachshund named Rusty. Travis was sitting on his couch watching Tv, drinking a can of beer while rusty was laying his head on his lap. He was gently petting him when he sees Pharaoh patiently sitting by the door. He chuckles at him before setting his beer down.

"I'm coming boy." He stands up and approaches the door, Barb and Rusty both come scampering behind him as he opens the door. The hot Texas desert hits him as he dogs all scamper outside. He smiles, leaning in the doorway as all three of them begin to chase each other. Poor Rusty trying to keep up with the bigger dogs. He couldn't help but chuckle at his attempts. Travis wore a white sleeveless shirt with denim jeans and a pair of black boots. He was muscular, and had brown hair and brown eyes. He had a full beard that was half the length of his neck. He notices Pharaoh quickly jump away from something near a bush before looking back at it sniffing curiously. He frowned as he knew in this environment, nothing he found could have been good.

"Pharaoh, Get!" he yelled and Pharaoh backed away like his master commanded. He reaches back in his house, next to the door and grabs his 22. Long rifle. He walks out towards the bush where he sees his dog sniffing and hears the distinct sound of a rattle. He knew it, rattlesnake. It was a Western Diamondback, he couldn't leave it out here out of fear of his dogs and chicken's safety. He aimed his rifle and shot it right in the head. The rattling stopped as the snake died. Travis bends down and picks up the snake, it was a decent 4 feet long. He gives it an approving nod before slinging it over his shoulder. At least he found his supper for the night. He whistled for his dogs to come back inside as he stepped in and began to prepare his meal. Though some would think this would be an unusual way to live, this was common for Travis. He felt that this was the way his life would be for a long time.