"Come and follow me…" The Alicorn said.
As Prince Eclipse said these words, Rainbow Dash floated just about the small crowd that had gathered.
"I'm not following you anywhere, Eclipse!" Rainbow Dash shouted.
Prince Eclipse just stared at her. As he did, a light rain started coming down.
"Fine, stay in squalor with your primitive comrades. Who will follow me to the clouds? Who will rise above this mud pit; this dying ground of dignity and majesty?" Prince Eclipse roared.
Three Pegasi and five unicorns hovered and trotted, respectively, out of the crowd and stood by Prince Eclipse. Some friends and family called for them to come back, but they ignored the calls.
"So few? I had expected that dozens of you would grasp at the chance to rise. No matter. What you see here before you are the chosen of the elite. Too long have the exceptional been subjugated by the obtuse and the simpleminded! I will rid Equestria of these ignorant fools! When I am through with Equestria, she will be a nation of perfection. Not a soft minded earth pony in sight. This is my goal. I will see you all, well, not all of you, in my new world!" Prince Equestria exclaimed, taking wing towards Canterlot, and being followed into the dark sky by his Pegasi followers and the unicorns who had magically harnessed the clouds as transportation.
Applejack was the first to say anything after the departure of the Prince.
"Well, he can expect to have the hay beat out of him if he tries anything! Simpleminded? Ha! He would know!" She retorted.
"Now, now, hold on," Chimed in a unicorn, "I think he was actually making some sense. Many unicorns feel unappreciated. Some of us would actually prefer to have Equestria like it was before the great Harmony." She finished.
Twilight became so animated that she walked right up to the other unicorn, who was somewhat taken aback.
"You would prefer that the Earth Pony race be forced to pay food that they rightfully owned to the Pegasi and the Unicorns simply because they demand it? You would have us go back to the hate and malice of the Dark Times? Great! Let's just invite the Wendigo back! How well did hate work before. No, Prince Eclipse is nothing more than a Charlatan and a good speech. His only weapons are division and anger. With those, he can't win against Harmony and Friendship! Right?" Twilight rallied.
"Right!" Came the response from the crowd.
"The Prince may think he has a chance at victory, but there will be no Solar Eclipse if we have anything to say about it! Come on, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinky Pie; we need the Elements of Harmony." Twilight said.
"We're going to Canterlot." They called in unison.