things are not going well. twilight sparkle and her friends: applejack, fluttershy, starlight glimmer, pinkie pie, rarity and rainbow dash are all in a cage onboard tempest's ship. rainbow dash is trying to find a way to break out to no evail.
rainbow dash: there's just gotta be a way out.
applejack: and just how do you plan on finding it?
twilight: its no use, there's no way we can get out.
starlight: um, girls?
everyone looked at starlight then looked to see none other than tempest approaching them.
tempest: aww, the princess of friendship and her friends, with no way out. how sad. *laughs*
rainbow dash: just what's so funny about that?!
tempest: well i must say, your friendship, though pathetic, did get you far...until now.
applejack: what would you know about friendship?
twilight: more importantly, why are you doing this? you're a pony, just like us.
they were soon scared as tempest angrily stomped at their cage.
tempest: i'm nothing like you! i know more about friendships than you ever will. i'm more than you'll ever be.
music in the background.
It's time you learned a lesson
It's time that you understand
Don't ever count on anybody else
In this or any other land
I once hoped for friendship
To find a place among my kind
But those were the childish wishes
Of someone who was blind
Open up your eyes
See the world from were I stand
Me among the mighty
You caged at my command
Open up your eyes
Give up your sweet fantasyland
It's time to grow up and get wise
Come now little ones
Open up your eyes
flashback into tempest's past
We all start out the same
With simple naïve trust
Shielded from the many ways
That life's not fair or just
But then there comes a moment
A simple truth that you must face
If you depend on others
You'll never find your place
And as you take that first step
Upon a path that's all your own
You see it all so clearly
The best way to survive is all alone
flashback ends
Open up your eyes
And see the world from where I stand
Me among the mighty
You caged at my command
Open up your eyes
And behold the fading light
It's time to grow up and get wise
Come now little ones
Open up your eyes
Open up your eyes
twilight and her friends were surpised to learn why tempest became this way.
fluttershy: that is so horrible.
twilight: we're so sorry you felt so alone.
tempest: don't be, i saw the truth. unlike you, my "friends" abandoned me when times got tough. might as well stop trying to break free, you're here until further notice.
tempest left them to their cage while waiting to reach canterlot.