Nothing but a forest.

That's all the Mane Six saw when they woke up after being teleported. Twilight looked at her friends and smiled. She was happy that she was able to get them out of there safe and sound. Just then, she saw Celestia, looking weak after being attacked by the rioters. She raced over to be by her side.

"No, no, no, no!" Twilight yelled with worry, looking at how damaged Celestia looked. "Celestia! Stay there! I'll try to find help!"

"I don't think that'll be necessary, Twi," Celestia said, with weakness in her voice. "I don't know how much longer I have. But you need to be strong, Twilight.

"I don't know if I can," Twilight said, with tears in her eyes. "Not without you."

"Listen, Twi," Celestia said. "You were the best student I've ever had, and I know how strong you are. You have the greatest group of friends in your corner and you have a love for this country in your heart. Take this."

Celestia handed Twilight her crown. It was gold and it contained six jewels, each representing the elements of Harmony.

"These jewels represent the Elements," Celestia said. "Honesty, Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Loyalty, and Magic. These all will be essential in your journey to stop Moondust Bloom and Scootaloo and to claim your rightful place as princess."

Celestia and Twilight embraced one last time, before Celestia's spirit left her body, ending her rule once and for all. Twilight sobbed quietly to herself at the loss of her mentor and with a head full of regrets for herself. She couldn't even save a former ruler from being assassinated. How was she going to save the entire kingdom?!

Just then, she heard some arguing from the distance. She rushed over and saw Pinkie, Fluttershy, Rainbow, Applejack, and Rarity arguing amongst themselves and things seemed tense. Not a friendly bickering type of tense either, no-no. This was a full-on rabid feral war type of tense.

"Where in the wide wide world of Equestria are we?!" Applejack yelled, taking her frustrations out on Pinkie mostly. "What just happened?!"

"I DON'T KNOW!" Pinkie responded. "But this place does give a mythical adventure vibe. Should we throw an "I Don't Know Which Forest I'm In, But I Like It" party?"

"You and your parties," Rainbow said, as she charged toward Pinkie, who was protected by Applejack.

"Focus guys! Didn't you hear what Moondust said?!" Rarity yelled. "Equestria will fall into chaos unless we stop him!"

"Not my problem!" Rainbow yelled as she began to leave for Cloudsdale. "I should've never gotten involved in this little group."

"Is that all you got?!" Pinkie snapped. "WAS THAT WHAT YOU SAID WHEN GILDA'S WORLD WENT TO CRAP?!!?"

At that moment, Rainbow stopped in her tracks and looked back at Pinkie, with a face more red than blue. "Come again?!" She asked, in a rage-filled voice.

"Yeah, Scootaloo got Gilda and most likely destroyed that pathetic griffin country too," Pinkie said, going off of the mouth in her signature Pinkie way. "Suits her right too. With the way she treated your friends, especially Fluttershy. You know, I'm surprised they didn't..."

In a fit of rage, Rainbow charged at Pinkie, right before she could finish her sentence! Apple and Rarity begged Rainbow to stop, while Fluttershy hid behind some bushes, not wanting to see all of the chaos. Pinkie tried to defend herself, but it was no use. All those years of Wonderbolts training had paid off for Rainbow.

At that moment, Twilight used her magic to blast Rainbow in the wings. The pegasus fell to the ground in agony, as Twilight walked over to the group.

"Are you ready to be calm now?" Twilight said, with a voice that felt more authoritarian than ever. At that moment, Rainbow broke down in tears.

"I'm sorry Pinkie," Rainbow said through her sobs. "It's just that Scootaloo was like the sweetest girl. I can't believe that someone like Moondust would corrupt her. Now, Equestria's gonna go to crap. Even worse, Scootaloo's gonna go down with it."

Pinkie pulled the sobbing Pegasus into a warm and assuring embrace, which helped calm things down a bit.

"Look Rainbow," Pinkie said. "I know you're worried about Scootaloo, and rightfully so. But taking your anger out on your friends isn't gonna solve anything."

"That's right," Twilight said. "Princess Celestia wouldn't want us to be bickering with each other, especially as tense as this. She gave me the Elements of Harmony before she died. We need to go back to the castle and stop Moondust Bloom for good. Friendship is more strong than anything in the world. If we stop him, we can also save Scootaloo too. Who's with me?"

Rainbow wiped the tears from her eyes, flew up into the air, and said with confidence, "I'm definitely in! That monster will pay for corrupting Scootaloo!"

"Count me in!" Pinkie said, with enthusiasm.

"Yessir!" Applejack said.

"I don't care much about the kingdom, to be honest," Rarity said, before realizing how wrong that sounded. "I mean, I do! But I care more about the fact that Moondust pretty much destroyed $1,000 worth of party decorations! My entire decoration lineup is ruined thanks to him! He! Will! PAY!"

The rest of the ponies cheered at that rage-filled statement for some weird reason, before Twilight turned to Fluttershy.
"Fluttershy," Twilight said. "Are you coming?"

"Oh, well, uh, you see," Fluttershy said. "I do have the animals to take care of, and Angel has a vet appointment at 6:30 on Sunday."

"Fluttershy!" Rainbow said, facepalming as she did so. "If Moondust Bloom rules Equestria, he'll most likely harm your animals too!"

Fluttershy gasped and enraged herself so hard, that she kicked the nearest tree she saw. Well, technically, she gently tapped it. But you get the idea.

"NO ONE HURTS MY ANIMAL FRIENDS!!!!!!!" Fluttershy yelled.

"Alright! Another mission is a go!" Pinkie yelled, with enthusiasm.
So the six friends started on their journey to save the kingdom of Equestria from its dark ruler. It would be tough. But with friends, you can do anything. These foals knew that this mission wouldn't be any different, especially Twilight. She was determined to honor Celestia's legacy and bring back peace and harmony in all of Equestria.
(To be continued in Book Two. Coming January 2025.)

Author's Note

Well, there you have it. Book One of the Overthrown series is officially done. It was a bit short, but don't worry. Book Two will be even longer. OC's, More Chapters, Deeper Lore, basically the whole nine yards. Let me know what you think in the comments.