Chapter 7

Everypony rushed out of the Apple Family's home and looked up at the nightmarish sky above them.

"Whoa… what's happening?" Felix wondered.

"Yeah, and ya better come up with an explanation quick because my brain is jumping to… 'It's the end of the world'!" Paco exclaimed.

"Twi?" Applejack asked her alicorn friend, hoping for an explanation.

"Well… uh…" Twilight Sparkle tried to say but couldn't figure out the right words for it. Then all of a sudden, little twisters began to swirl around in various parts of the land and close to Ponyville, while rapid amounts of yellow lightning strike the ground hard and fast.

"IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!" Pinkie Pie shrieked.

"What SHE said!" Paco cried.

All sixteen of them then began to hear loud shrieks and screams of panic from below in Ponyville.

Felix spoke everyone's thoughts. "What the heck?"

Everypony looked toward the town and saw that the screams were coming from Ponyville.

"The town's people are in trouble!" Twilight cried.

"Wha-what do we do?" Darla asked, greatly concerned.

"What do you think? We go help them!" Rainbow Dash proclaimed.

"Absolutely, come on girls, let's go!" Twilight Sparkle told them as they began to leave.

"Hey! What about us?!" Paco proclaimed.

"Sorry, but it's far too dangerous for children." Fluttershy said.

"We are not children, we are smart." Edwin stated.

"Whatever, just stay put!" Rainbow Dash told them firmly.

"Yeah, why don't you kids stay here with Granny Smith, Big Mac and Apple Bloom while we try to get everypony down there to safety." Applejack added, before she and the others start to run off.

"Spike, you stay here too." Twilight said before heading off as well.

"Aw man, this sucks!" Paco proclaimed. "It's bad enough Mr. and Mrs. Dabney tell us what to do all the time now these talking ponies are going to as well?"

"Well, that's reality for you." Felix remarked.

"Yeah, well, I don't care what those girls say, we gotta go down there and help them out any way we can!" Tommy declared.

"I couldn't agree more!" Mary agreed.

"Me too!" Darla added.

"I'm in as well." Edwin said with a nod.

"Nope." Big McIntosh told them.

"What do you mean 'nope'?" Paco questioned, annoyed.

"He means what he said youngster." Granny Smith told the kids. "We can't just let little things such as yourselves go down there, it's far too dangerous."

"No offence Granny, but it's dangerous for everypony." Tommy countered.

"Everypony?" Paco echoed, in disbelief.

"Hey, as long as we're here we might as well speak the lingo." Tommy said, with a shrug.

"True," Edwin said with a nod.

"Alright then, let's go help them!" Mary declared. The kids begin to move forward when suddenly Big McIntosh stands in their way.

"Let me guess… you're not gonna let us pass, are you?" Tommy questioned matter-of-factly.

"Nope." Big McIntosh responded.

"Thought so, alright guys… DOGPILE!" Tommy shouted. All six kids then jumped right onto Big Mac and toppled him over, startling Apple Bloom and Granny Smith.

"Big Mac!" Spike cried.

The six of them, then stood up.

"Ok, he's down, now run!" Paco yelled as he and the others started to run after Twilight and the others.

"Hey! Get back here!" Apple Bloom called out.

"Stop! Wait!" Spike shouted, attempting to catch up with them but he quickly tired himself out.

"Too late, their gone." Granny Smith said, shaking her head. "But my oh my, those youngsters are quicker than jackrabbits!"

"I'll say… ooh Twilight's gonna kill me!" Spike bemoaned, before a bolt of lightning hit the ground near him, making him jump a bit. He shook, clearly frightened. "Unless this storm does first that is…

Apple Bloom looked over Big McIntosh. "Uh… Big McIntosh? Are you ok?"

Big Mac only let out a soft groan as his eyes seemed to roll around in his head.

"Oh he'll be fine, your brother's been through worse." Granny Smith assured her. "It's those youngsters I'm worried about…"

Apple Bloom also looked toward worried, not just for her sister and her friends but the strange visitors as well.