Ch.4: Wild Twister Ride

"APPLE BLOOM!"

"SWEETIE BELLE! SPIKE!"

"SCOOTALOO! WHERE ARE YA?" Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash called for their sisters and dragon over the howling wind of the storm. Oh, why did they have to tell those girls to go somewhere else so that they can get their work done?

"Girls, we gotta get into the shelter!" Twilight cried, rushing over to them.

"But we can't leave Spike and the girls!" Rainbow Dash yelled. "The twister might get them!"

"Fluttershy told them about the basement in her cottage! They can hide in there until the twister passes!" Hesitant, the three Ponies followed her into the shelter where Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie are waiting with some of the shy Pegasus' animal friends. Once they're all inside, Big Mac climbed in as well and closed and locked the door behind him.

Meanwhile, Spike and the Cutie Mark Crusaders are trying to fight back the strong wind as they tried to get to the shelter. When they got there, they knocked on the locked door.

"Twilight!" Spike called into it. "Open up! It's us!"

"They can't hear us through this wind!" Apple Bloom. "We gotta hide out in Fluttershy's basement!" Quickly, they rushed into the cottage as the twister started to come closer. Just when they were about to get blown away, all four of them made it through the doors.

But the inside of the cottage was just as bad; the strong wind was blowing the lightest objects all over the place. Fortunately, Spike spotted the door to the basement.

"Girls, there it—"

CRASH! The four of them cried out when a branch crashed into the window they're near, and it knocked into their heads to knock them out cold. As a result, they didn't have any time to make it to the basement as outside, the twister came up to the cottage and lifted the whole thing up from the ground.

The house then spun around and around and around as it flew within the giant behemoth…

Inside, Spike and the Cutie Mark Crusaders came to and groggily looked out the window…just to see two stallion Ponies rowing in a boat fly by! Other things flew across the window as well: a cow; an elderly Pony knitting away in her rocking chair; and a taxi wagon that honked as it drove by. Despite the idea being too dangerous, Spike ran up to the window and looked out to see what's going on. He then saw that they're flying within the funnel of the tornado.

"Girls, we're trapped in the cyclone!" he cried, turning to the scared fillies. Sweetie Belle then looked up with surprise.

"What's that?" she asked, pointing up at the window. All four turned to see a human woman in a dress and hat riding her bike. She then turned and smiled at them suspiciously before she started to change…into a witch on a broomstick! They all cowered back and held each other in fear as she cackled evilly and flew off.

"I'm scared!" Scootaloo cried before the cottage started spinning more roughly. With screams, they hopped onto the couch.

"Hang on, girls!" Spike cried as the couch slid back and forth across the floor. They felt the house spin more, not letting up on the fear it brings them. Just as they thought they couldn't take any more…

BOOM! They cried out with surprise when the house stopped with a shudder. They must have landed on the ground again.

"Is everypony okay?" asked Spike. Each filly answers that she's all right before jumping off of the couch.

"I think we better get back to Twilight and the girls," Sweetie Belle said.

"Yeah," Apple Bloom agreed. "They must be worried." They then rushed to the front door and opened it quickly…