The situation in Equestria had gotten much worse. The streets were empty. Houses were padlocked in a desperate attempt to stay safe. As most ponies had no idea what was causing the terrible illness, they felt even more terrified and vulnerable than the nine friends who were cautiously walking down the deserted roads. Fluttershy shivered. "This is awful. I sure hope we find Lime soon," she said.

"Looking for me?" asked a chilling voice behind them. As they turned sharply, they saw Lime Jelly, carrying an innocent looking bag, which they assumed were the Moserbas, and an evil smile. He glanced at his siblings, not looking angry but rather amused. "You decided to leave me?" he chuckled darkly. "Well let me tell you, that is entirely your loss. I never needed you useless lot. I can take over Equestria without you, and you shall all bow down to me, family or not. Perhaps if you helped me I would go easy on you. And so again, it is your loss, not mine." He took out a jar of black powder, which was already giving off a mild smell.

"RUN!" screamed Rainbow-Dash, all thoughts of fighting gone. They did just that, with the surprisingly fast evil unicorn following them. "Hold on guys!" said Twilight. There was a flash of purple light and with a loud bang , they had all been teleported to Ponyville. "I couldn't think of another place" she explained, panting.

It seemed that Lime had not come to Ponyville before, as none of the ponies on the street seemed ill, but instead looked very worried. All of a sudden, Mayor Mare arrived, shrieking "The princesses have been infected! It's all over now!' With a dramatic cry, she dropped to the floor. All the other ponies on the street started running around screaming. That's when it happened. A furious Lime Jelly entered the scene, holding the jar of ominous black powder. Ignoring the pandemonium in the background, he focused only on Twilight. "You meddling little alicorn!" he seethed angrily. "I should have done this ages ago'' With that he opened the jar, carefully avoiding the fumes. Honey and Butter Sauce immediately stood in front of Twilight, the rest of her friends quickly following. Together they made a circle of protection around her, blocking her with their hooves and wings so that she was barely visible. Not caring who he hit, Lime threw the powder at the friends. Everyone but Twilight crumpled to the floor. "NO!" she cried, trying to help them up. She knew there wouldn't be enough time to perform the spell. If Lime found out that they knew the cure, who knew what he would do to them. So lost in her emotions, she had forgotten to be on her guard. The powder was inches from her face. Without thinking, she teleported looked around. She had never been in this place before. She realized that this was no ordinary teleportation. For one thing, the light wasn't the usual purple, instead it was a strange, silvery mist. She had never heard of anything like this happening before. She hadn't teleported herself at all. Someone or something else had brought her here. And there had to be a good reason.