Chapter 20: Hide Away

Nightmare Moon stood in place angrily for a few seconds though she couldn't figure out why. She should be happy; the greatest threat to her is in another world, why would she be angry? Out of the blue her emotion changed from angry to happiness. Once again she had no idea why but she could guess. Nightmare Moon shook her head to clear it and then smiled. "With your precious Princess gone, I'm taking over."

"What makes you think that, we're still here?" Maggie raised her gun and aimed at Nightmare Moon who bust out laughing. Maggie blushed slightly from embarrassment but kept the gun steadily aimed.

"How comical, you really think that you can kill me with that thing." Nightmare moon ripped the gun from Maggie's hooves and threw it to the side. "Now that that is over, I'll start my takeover." The walker ponies that came with Nightmare Moon turned around and faced the group. "KILL THEM ALL!" She screamed and the walker ponies made their way toward the group rushing past Nightmare Moon in their attempt to feed. She smiled as the group ran off and despite Hershel only having three legs, he ran fairly quick. "That's right, run for your lives."

Once Nightmare Moon was alone, she walked into the throne room and looked out the window at the panicked ponies below. 'You're not in charge you fool, I am. You are only second in command.' Nightmare Moon heard the book say and then began shaking. 'I control you, you do as I say and you'll be fine. Try to betray me and you'll find yourself with the undead. Remember who created you.'

Nightmare Moon stopped shaking and collapsed onto the ground. "Of, of course."

Hershel and the others ran and ran. They made it out of Canterlot and came to a large clearing, a river flows to the right of them. "Hershel, what do we do now?" Carol asked looking around.

"Perhaps I can assist you." Rainbow Dash said flying up behind them. "I have a place to hide out in, I've allowed Rarity and the others to stay there, you can come with." The group looked at each other and nodded in agreement. "Follow me then and hurry." The group followed Rainbow Dash into the train station in the mountainside. Rainbow went over to a light and pulled down on it opening a secret passage. "Come on." She waved the group over as she made her way down. "This is a secret bunker used back in sometime. Twilight's the one who told us about it, we just remembered where it was." The group made their way down and ended up in a large room. "Here we are, go ahead and relax."

The group looked around and then noticed something. "You said that the others are here, where is Applejack?" Carl asked.

"AJ, she refused to stay here with Rarity. She went off on her own despite the fact that there is more then enough room here and the two would probably never see each other. She is dead set on never seeing Rarity again, I've never known her to hold a grudge not that I can blame her. Regardless, make yourself comfortable." Rainbow then left the room and went to look for anymore survivors. Maggie and the others watched as Rainbow left and then went their separate ways.

"Sweetie, you can't be serious. No, I refuse to let you." Rarity stomped her hoof while Sweetie glared at her older sister.

"I don't care what you want sis, I'm going. I have a score to settle and if you won't give me want I need then I'll get it myself." Sweetie kept her glare on Rarity. Sweetie wasn't about to back down.

"I'm not giving you a weapon, the closest thing you'll get to such a thing is a butter knife." Rarity flipped her mane and held her head high. "I will not let you go and get yourself killed."

"I'm going to screw over every one of those things for what they did and you can't stop me." Sweetie stomped her hoof on the ground.

"Sweetie Belle, language, its not-" Rarity got cut off by her sister.

"Screw being a lady anymore Rarity, look around you. These demons from hell have invaded and you're worried about being lady like. If that's all you care about then don't expect me to save you if you need it." Sweetie stomped off angrily leaving Rarity shocked beyond belief.

"How could my little sister say such a thing and to me of all ponies?" Rarity asked as Carl came around the corner.

"How can you ignore everything that's happening?" Carl asked carrying Judith on his back.

"This is no business of yours young colt, so if you would so kindly mind your own business." Rarity stared off in the direction that Sweetie went.

"You're unbelievable; it's not up to you anymore. Your sister needs a weapon regardless of the reasons for it. Without a weapon of some kind, she is as good as dead. Chew on that for a bit because if those things ever make it in here and they will, you will have doomed your sister." Carl turned to leave when Rarity spoke up.

"What do you know, you're just a colt. You have a lot to learn about life. My sister doesn't need to be waving a weapon around; she'll be fine with me here to protect her."

"You think so huh, I doubt that. I've seen to many times when no matter how close you are to a person, they can still die. You can be mere inches from her and she can still die, I should know. Without a weapon, she is as good as dead. If you really want to be a good sister, give her a weapon. I have one and my father is alive because of it. The best part about it is that if I didn't know how to shoot, he would have died. I was only a few feet from him but he would have died if I didn't have my gun. If you don't want to give your sister a weapon fine; just don't cry when she can't save you or herself for that matter. Don't get me wrong, she could still die with a weapon but guess what, she is a lot safer with one then without." With that said Carl turned and walked away leaving Rarity to think.

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