Twilight's Broken Life The Second Testament Chapter 1 Train Arrival
The train whistled while puffing out smoke, leaving from Manehatten with Fluttershy and Applejack sitting in the front car eager to head back home, or at least what was left of it after what Sunset Shimmer did.
"I hope Twilight and the others are doing okay after the festival" Fluttershy said, smiling at her friend.
"Ah know Shy, but hopefully Twi and Rainbow Dash aren't too drunk I hope" Applejack responded with a bit of a frown on her face.
The earth pony and yellow Pegasus shared a chuckle.
Suddenly, the train apparently stopped in a break neck speed causing Applejack to fall over into another seat back first. Fluttershy walked over to her fallen friend from that sudden jerk from the train because of a sudden derailment out of nowhere.
"You alright?" Applejack asked concerned.
Fluttershy slid down the wall of the train, shook her head to shake any cobwebs from the sudden stop then stood up shakily before nodding to Applejack to confirm she was okay.
"Ladies and gentle colts the train has stopped due to the fact there is no more track left" the conductor said over the intercom.
The doors open to let every pony including Applejack and Fluttershy, as others got off after them there was a musty aura going on that didn't sit well with the yellow Pegasus and earth pony friend.
"What'cha think somethin' happened?" Applejack assumed.
"It could be" Fluttershy responded.
Both walked down the path to Ponyville but on their travel back, Applejack noticed wooden statues of Twilight down their path. It was as if Twilight was some power-hungry dictator and forced every pony to do her bidding. Fluttershy whimpered at all the statues, she didn't like the fact those statues of Twilight were staring at her.
"Surely Twilight has somethin planned" Applejack said to herself.
Fluttershy looked up at her country girl friend as she bumped into her flank. They looked up at the remnants of what was left of Ponyville with lava pits through some portions of the village, hooded stallions and mares walked past them with no regard for manners. Applejack's mouth was a gap even with Fluttershy moving beside her and looking up at the pure destruction of their once beloved town, paying homage to Twilight Sparkle who was still in permanent sleep.
"What in the hay happened here?" Applejack asked in a rather loud tone.
Suddenly most of the hooded ponies memorized by the siren's magic stopped what they were doing and turned their attention to Applejack and Fluttershy with a look of disgust and anger filling their eyes. Both mares backed up then eventually ran off to get away from the crowd of ponies that were chasing them all around town, trying to get away. Fluttershy spotted some basement double doors underneath the bakery in Sugar Cube Corner so she grabbed her friend and beelined to the basement and locked the doors tight. The two mares panted heavily after running for so long from those ponies who were unwillingly hypnotized by Shimmer along with the surviving siren Adagio Dazzle.
"Good thinking there Fluttershy" Applejack praised her friend for her quick action.
They looked around the basement to find a mess of batter splattered all over the counter, part of the backroom, etc. A sudden noise could be heard inside one of the cupboards, making a very loud noise that basically startled Fluttershy to say that some pony was there, when Applejack opened the cupboard; out popped a pink earth pony who squirmed her way out of the cupboard.
"Pinkie, what in Equestria are you doing in there?" Shy asked.
Applejack was too busy being impressed by the fact Pinkie could fit such a cramped-up area.
"I have no idea! One minute I was going to get some cake batter then the next well…eh…hmm…the rest is a blur" Pinkie said, recalling events she could muster.
"You don't remember anything else Pinkie?" Applejack asked slightly confused.
Pinkie nodded.
"We were just coming back from a trip we went to in Manehatten and on our return, there was ritual for Twilight" Fluttershy explained.
"A ritual?" Pinkie asked confused.
"There were statues everywhere along with lava pits" AJ added.
All three of them could hear hoof steps above them and Adagio's voice addressing the stallions and mares who let a Pegasus and an earth pony slip away.
"So, they escaped because you numbskulls don't have half a brain to subdue them. I was able to destroy Princess Celestia then reduce her to ashes but when two mares decide to wander aimlessly through Ponyville, you idiots can't capture two mares" Adagio hissed, pacing back and forth.
The hooded ponies that stood in front of her had a bit of fear rising inside them after Adagio's little rant about her guards not securing Applejack and Fluttershy. Her hoof steps made spots in the ground that only made it clearer that she was even more pissed off with her guards for not apprehending the two mares that wandered in Ponyville.
"We did try to stop them but-" the guard was cut off by a hoof being shoved through his throat as his blood dripped onto the ground. A smirk placed by Adagio spread fear into those who decided to say otherwise. She removed her hoof from his throat before he dropped to the ground motionless and choking on his own blood.
"Now find those mares and bring them to me!" Adagio commanded.
The remaining guards left before Adagio got even more pissed off. Adagio then locked eyes with a stone statue of Twilight and smirked, then left.