“WHAT IN THE NAME OF CELESTIA HAPPENED TO THE LIBRARY???!!!” Twilight practically screamed at the top of her lungs.

Since all of her friends had just been un-petrified, and then teleported, Twi’s scream was exceptionally distorienting.

“Well,” said Fluttershy softly. “Discord made a bomb.”

“HE MADE A BOMB?!” Twi screamed. “HE MADE A FREAKING BOMB!?!?”

“Twily, sugar,” said Applejack softly. “Can ya stop yellin’ your head off?”

“DISCORD BLEW UP THE LIBRARY, AND YOU EXPECT ME NOT TO?!?”

“Maybe, darling, to just have a little more consideration for your friends?” Rarity suggested.

“Right,” said Twilight. “Sorry. But the point still remains: DISCORD IS A FREAKING MANIAC!!”

Pinkie covered her ears. “Um, Twilight, you’re yelling again….”

Twilight blinked. “Uhh… sorry?”

“Pshtt, don’t worry about it!” said Pinkie enthusiastically.

“Thanks for getting me off that treadmill,” said Rainbow. “I thought I was a goner.”

“What ‘bout Apple Bloom?” asked Applejack. “Was she with ya Dash?”

Rainbow nodded. “Yup. I’m sure Twi got her and the rest of the Crusaders off as well.”

Twilight blinked.

Rainbow blinked.

Applejack yelled, and charged Twilight.

Twilight gasped as Applejack knocked her to the ground.

“Oww!” she yelped. “Get off me!”

“Not until ya bring Apple Bloom and her friends back!” said AJ, pushing harder.

“Ow! Okay, geeze, I was already gonna bring them back….”

Applejack humphed, before releasing his lavender friend.

Twilight lit her horn, and in a flash, the CMC were standing in what was left of the Golden Oak Library.

The CMC stumbled around. Scootaloo tripped over her hooves, and fell face first into the ground. Sweeting Belle walked into a bookshelf. Apple Bloom bonked into Applejack, who immediately embraced her.

“Oh, h-hey AJ!” Apple Bloom mumbled.

“They’re all in terrible condition!” Fluttershy exclaimed. “Somepony go get nurse Redheart!”

“Gotcha!” Rainbow said, before dashing away.

Twilight looked around at the destruction of the library.

“This is terrible!” She sighed. “How could Discord do this?”

“He’s pretty powerful,” said Applejack. “More than we thought.”

“Really?” said Twilight.

“He has pineapple bombs,” said Fluttershy, “and a few other tricks.”

“Why does he have so much randomness?” Twi complained. “Couldn’t he, just, ya know, get a bit more organized?”

“Doubtful,” said Applejack.

“We have to stop all this!” said Spike determinedly. “Equestria’s doomed otherwise!”

Rainbow shot back into the library.

“What is it?” asked Rarity at Rainbow’s worried face.

“Urgent letter,” said Rainbow, hoofing the letter over to Twilight.

Twilight read over the letter. Her eyes widened. “We have to get to Canterlot immediately! Princess Celestia wants to see us!”

“How are we gonna get there?” asked Rainbow. “I mean, I can fly, but it’s gonna be hard for the rest of you. Especially since Discord got rid of the train.”

“Huh?”

Rainbow pointed up. The Friendship Express was circling around Town Hall, upside down.

“That might be a tad troublesome,” said Applejack.

“Me and Twi can cast teleportation spells,” said Rarity.

“To be fair,” said Rainbow. “Last time Rarity tried a teleportation spell, she wound up in the fountain.”

“Well, it’s significantly harder to accurately teleport ponies than silks and needles!” Rarity said defensively.

“And how accurate was that teleport?” asked Rainbow.

“Well I was aiming for the boutique….”

“That’s like–,” Rainbow started, but Twilight cut in.

“Not accurate enough,” Twi finished. “I doubt I’ll be able to teleport all of us at once, and I probably don’t have enough energy to do four teleports.”

“Four?” asked Pinkie. “Ohh, I get it.”

“We’re wasting time!” said Twilight, and it seemed she was on the edge of a freakout.

“Bet Celestia could do the teleport,” Spike sighed. “Too bad Discord’s Chaos magic is mixing with my dragon magic.” He paused. “Actually I have no idea why my ability to send letters stopped working.”

They paused for a moment, thinking hard.

Rarity broke the silence.

“Ugh, not another gravity attack!”

Rainbow inverted herself, but the others began floating up.

And this time, there was no roof to catch them. Just Rainbow.

Rainbow quickly zipped up, and caught each of her friends, putting them under a tree.

“Phew,” said Pinkie. “Thank’s Dash!”

“No prob-lemo.”

The gravity returned to normal.

“Oof!” gasped Rarity, before seeming close to tears. “My dress! My beautiful dress! It’s ruined!!”

“Is she okay?”

Rainbow and Twilight spun around to see a lilac unicorn standing behind them. She had a purple mane, with a lighter blue stripe running down the center of it. Her cutie mark resembled a kite.

“Rarity?” asked Rainbow. “You must not be from around here. What you're witnessing is–not the worst thing we’ve sat through.”

The mare turned towards Rarity, who was being comforted by Fluttershy and Pinkie.

“And you're still all friends?” she asked suspiciously. “She seems different from the rest of you.”

“Of course!” said Twilight. “Rarity’s positives greatly outweigh her occasional tantrum. I couldn’t imagine a life without her!”

“Well, okay, I guess. Anyways I’m just wondering if you’ve seen an orange unicorn. White hooves. Frizzley dark orange mane. Often wears a cloak with stars….”

Rainbow and Twilight shook their heads.

“Sorry,” said Rainbow. “We haven’t.”

The mare scoffed. “Oh well. Guess he’s not here then.”

“Is he missing?” asked Twilight.

“I don’t care anyways,” the mare continued, as if she hadn’t heard Twi’s comment, “it doesn’t matter. Maybe I’ll find him in Canterlot.”

“If ya don’t mind me askin’, how do you intend to get there?” asked Applejack coming up behind them.

The mare jumped. “I’ll just teleport myself, thank you very much. I’m probably better than anypony at the spell.”

“Applejack!” said Pinkie. “Where you been buddy?!”

“Ah’ve just been gettin’ Apple Bloom an’ her friends over ta Nurse Redheart,” said Applejack.

“Ooh!” Pinkie exclaimed. “When they get better, I’ll throw them a huge: ‘you didn’t die of dizziness’ party! It’ll be massive, with games like pin the tail on the pony, and a seven layer double-chocolate and strawberry cake and–.”

“Lemme guess,” said the unicorn sarcastically, “you’re all friends.”

“How’d you know?” asked Pinkie.

“I just took the most different ponies and assumed that they were all friends.”

“We’re not all that different,” said Rainbow. “My sonic rainboom got all of us our cutie marks at the same time!”

The unicorn narrowed her eyes. “Cutie marks,” she said spitefully. “That explains it.”

“Hang on a second!” said Spike. “You said you could do teleportation spells really well! Maybe you can get us to Canterlot!”

The mare scoffed. “Look, I’ve just barely met you, I’m not about to–.”

“I betcha aren’t as good as you claim,” said Rainbow suddenly. “I’ll bet you aren’t even as good at teleports as Rarity.”

The mare looked affronted. “I’m better than I claim! I’ve spent my whole foalhood practicing that spell!”

Rainbow shot her a superior smirk. “Prove it.”

“No way this works,” AJ murmured.

The mare growled and lit up her horn.

A moment later, the Mane Six felt themselves tingling, before the teleport finished.

Twilight felt herself spinning very quickly, and she was just feeling as if she might throw up, when the spinning stopped, and she felt her hooves hit solid ground.

She was in Canterlot.

The lilac unicorn shot Rainbow a smirk, before turning away and getting lost in the crowd.

“We’ve got to get to Celestia!” said Twilight. “Urgent, remember?”

Rainbow nodded, and they turned towards Canterlot Castle.

Author's Note

Yes, I'm foreshadowing .