Nightmare Dawn trotted quietly through New York, careful not to be seen by anyone.
"To do this, you must find an ally first," the Nightmare warned, "But I know who will help."
'Who?' Dawn wanted to ask. But she didn't need to know- not yet. She continued following Nightmare's directions until they came to a large, stone building with black-stained windows.
"We need to go to the top floor," the Nightmare instructed. In under a second, Dawn was standing in a large, dimly lit room. In front of her there was something that looked like a human -but more like a tiger. As the Alicorn started adjusting to the light, she saw multiple 'soldiers'. They all looked the same, although Dawn realized most of them were robots, and they also looked like they had some murderous weapons.
"Who are you?" the Tiger asked with a growl.
"My name is Nightmare Dawn, formerly known as Twilight dawn- and we have something in common," Dawn explained with an evil glare.
The Tiger stared at her warily, "And what is that?"
"We both want to... exterminate the Turtles. Well, for I, it is mostly their allies- but a Team is one and the same."
"Hmm..."
"I promise, you can fight whomever you want- just leave the tall pony with wings and a horn for me."
"...Deal."
"Fair enough, then?"
"Yes."
"What should I-" (Dawn could hear the Nightmare hissing as she realized what mistake she had been making) "-Er, we address you as?"
"Lord Tigerclaw- but, you are my "partner", not my soldier. Call me Tigerclaw."
"Alright. Shall we go now?"
"Wait. We strike at midnight."
Thunder hadn't talked for a while after waking up.
"What's wrong?" Cloud asked.
"Nothing," the Alicorn replied sharply. Cloud Cover sighed and trotted away, defeated.
"What is wrong, young one?" Leonardo asked.
The white stallion remained silent.
"It is not wise to stay silent for so long, Thunder Bright. Cloud Cover is worried."
"Yeah. It's just... Shell and I talked about something while we were asleep, and-" Thunder began, but he was interrupted by Rarity, who galloped out of her and Raph's room.
"Everyone, come here! I have great news!" she said happily.
"What?" said Calamity, "Is there any giggling involved?"
Cloud stepped slowly away from the draconeqques, not wanting to be tickled.
"Well... yes and no. You're really going to want to hear about this, Crunch!" Rarity said.
"...An' naw Eh'm interested," the Earth Pony smiled.
"Apple Bloom is having a baby!" the Earth Pony smiled. She knew all of the Elements (minus Harmony) were good friends of Apple Bloom's, especially Crunch, as she was his Aunt.
"Eh'm gonna have eh cousin!" Crunch said with a huge smile.
"Yay! Smiles!" Calamity shouted.
"Twilight's letter didn't say anything else," Rarity answered Thunder without him even asking the question.
The Alicorn sighed and wondered, Will I ever see Mother again?