The Doom That Came To Ponyville.

"Spike, get up! Get up get up get up!"

Said little dragon stretched himself out on his little cot in the CMC's tree house, blinked a few times, and narrowed his eyes.

"Scootaloo?"

Said orange pegusus rolled her eyes. "Yes, Spike! Ponyville's in trouble, and we need to save it!"

Spike rubbed his eyes, yawning slightly. "Is it Twilight's new friend? You know Twilight, she'll solve it in no time. She's probably...ready...to..."

Scootaloo prodded the purple dragon in the head with a hoof. "Applebloom's acting odd and I don't know where Sweetie Bell is. Wake up!"

Spike got on two feet and stretched himself out, enjoying the feeling of the sun on his scales."Scoot, I know thing's have been weird and all, but I really don't think-"

"Just...look up, Spike." Scootaloo deadpanned.

"What?" he said in return, doing as he was told as he did.

When he saw what she was talking about, his pupils shrank to pinpricks.

"Scoot...are...those...."

The pegusus shook her head. "It's not clouds."

"But...the sky's...."

The small orange filly shook her head. "Green? Yeah. And those an't clouds moving in the sky. It's all heading for Canterlot."

Spike took a few moment's to comprehend the scope of what she was saying, and a fearful look passed over his face. "Then...what is it then?"

Scootaloo put on a brave face, and looked up at the sky along with Spike. "I don't know. Rainbow Dash went up there to see what it was. She said that she was going to get the Princesses in Canterlot for help."

Spike tried his best to sound brave, and failed. "But...they are not in Equestria, Scoot."

She turned away from Spike. "I kind of figured that out when she didn't come back two day's ago, Spike."

"Now dear, remember what I said about leaving?"

"Mom, it's not about that, it's why everpony else is acting funny!"

"Oh, my little one, I wish I could tell you why, but for now, you need to know only this: that we are safe, and we are going to have a very long vacation."

"But-"

"No butt's today, Dinky. Butt's are for sitting on. Now, please do what I say so we can leave now."

"So, let me get this straight, Trixie; you came here to challenge me to a magic dual, but got sidetracked with a stage-show in some Canterlot bar, and the next day you wake up and everyone around you is passing through walls?"

"That is what Trixie said, was it not?"

"Do you have to speak in third person?"

"Trixie does not know what Sparkle means, Trixie has been talking like this since she was born."

"Explain's why you are a homeless former traveling showpony who didn't ask for payment even when she had the chance."

"Wait, what did Trixie hear you say?"

"I am sorry the Ursa Minor broke your cart, Trixie. I really am." Twilight lied.

"The Great And Powerful Trixie accept's your pitiful excuse for a apology."

"Wonderful, now, I need you too look at the first few pages of this book, because if either of us is going to survive than we need to get this spell down."

"Brother, it is time for the Pink One to come apon us.

"Indeed, the foolish fool who is fooling around outside will never know what shall hit her."

"Perhaps we can use this to our advantage?"

"How so? You know how these cosmic laws work. We grow in power with the bodies."

"That's a stupid rule."

"Hey, I didn't want to be squeezed out of another hole with you again, but here we are."

"Bah, alway's blaming these things on me, sister."

"Hmm..."

"How dare you even consider that line of action! Put that stuffed animal down!"

"Must I call on the Tall Orange One With The Square Jaw?"

"Nut, how dare you!"

"Wahahaaahaaaaa!"

"Curse the laws of this stupid fantasy universe!"

"Citizens of Ponyville!" proclaimed the supposedly vacationing elder god, "come to the square at once!"

Of course, Shub Niggurath didn't really say that, as she, among other things, did not remember what the name of the town she was in, or, for that matter, care that the place that was currently in was called a "square".

Rather, she really just mentally commanded every adult living thing in a few square miles to come to her, but from a narrative stand point saying this would be boring and not give one the idea of what the ponies in the town were told to do.

Well, really not told. It was all in there heads, of course. All of them awoke at the same time, brains coming up with ideas about the real reasons they got up to go into the square, because none of them really wanted to admit that yes, there was a large goat-horned pony sitting on a throne made of bedspreads in the middle of town and that they were going to see it again.

For her part, Shub Niggurath was feeling giddy. She watched as her little ponies trickled into the square with eager expectation.

She had been surfing the minds of the ponies in town, and they tended to be tired, slightly scared, but ultimately satisfied at there lives, which was, to her own personal delight, also half the stallion's in town physical state.

But, among all the adult ponies in town, there was one that actually caught her off guard. On that made her blink all of her metaphorical eyes, and which made her smile the genuine smile of a immortal seeing something new.

Looking at the gathered adult's of Ponyville, Shub Niggurath cleared her voice and declared-

"Which among you is Lyra Heartstrings!"