Chapter 8

Meanwhile in Ponyville, the village was in complete turmoil, cracking were beginning to open up all over the town and lightning struck the ground ever few seconds. All of Ponyville's inhabitants were all screaming and running for their lives.

One Mare rushes down the street pushing a stroller carrying her foal but a tumor makes her accidently push the stroller and send in rolling down the chaotic street.

"My baby!" she shrieked.

But before the stroller could go any further it is stopped by a magical aura, and that magical aura belong to none other than Twilight herself. Several of the townspeople recognized her.

"Princess Twilight!"

Everypony then started bowing. "No time to bow." Twilight told them all, clearly in a hurry. "We need to clear everypony out of here. GO!"

The ponies all nodded and began to follow her orders and flee the town. As they were fleeing a crack in the earth began to appear and spread all around the town, separating several ponies from their family and causing some to nearly fall into the large crevice that was growing in the ground as the plates continued to spread apart. One family in particular, consisting of a mare and her young daughter being split apart by the crevice.

"MOMMY! MOMMY!" The filly cried.

"NO! MY BABY! SOMEPONY HELP MY BABY!" The mare cried, desperately as tears flowed down her face and daughter was split farther and farther from her.

Suddenly, the young filly lost her balance and tumbled toward the edge of the crevice. She screamed as she prepared to fall to her doom.

"NO!" The adult pony screamed.

The young pony's screams stopped when she it suddenly caught by something. It was the hoop of a crutch, which belonged to Felix Freeman who was bending his left leg and .holding the stick end of his crutch to grab the pony. He pulled the little pony over to his side on the crevice where the rest of his foster siblings were standing.

"Hi there, you ok?" Felix asked the little pony, who nodded rapidly, still shaken, though the joyful tears and smile on her face proves that she was grateful for his help. Paco then took her.

"Here! Catch!" he cried as he tossed the little filly onto her mother's back. The child wrapped her hooves around her mother's neck and smiled as she snuggled into her coat.

"Oh thank you, thank you so much!" The mare cried. Felix and Paco did a two finger salute.

"Come on guys, there's still some ponies around here that need our help!" Tommy told the others before rushing off.

"Man… this has been one crazy day…" Mary remarked.

"And it appears by the look of the town that it is about to get much more intense." Edwin stated.

"No offence smart guy but this whole trip has been intense from the start." Paco pointed out. "Now I don't know about you guys but I say we stop talking and start moving before something else tries to bite us."

"No question." Felix agreed. They all began running towards where a large group of mares and stallions were all frozen with fear due to the cracks approaching them.

"Hey! You guys!" Tommy called out. The group of Ponies turn to him, a bit bewildered by their appearances. "Don't ask questions just get to safety!"

"Follow the Princess, she'll lead you to a safe place!" Mary added. The ponies all look at each other unsure.

"If you don't move now you'll end up falling through the cracks and…" Paco began before making a throat cutting gesture, as a way to remind them what the alternative was. The group panicked and began to move, with Felix gesturing to the safe path behind them.

"Stay calm, single file, no pushing, one at a time," he told them calmly. Then the ground began to shake and crack up even more, which made Felix begin to panic. "Ok! All at once! All at once!"

The ponies all rushed away even faster this time.

"Is that all of them?" Tommy wondered.

"Yeah, I think that's everyone." Paco replied, before a large chuck of the ground lift up nearby them as a another shake occurred.

"Help! Help!"

The kids all turn and see a lone pony inside one of the little houses trapped as the cracks began to reach it.

"That house is gonna get swallowed up if we don't do something quick!" Edwin deduced quickly, he actually sounded like he was starting to panic for once.

"Oh fork me…" Paco groaned.

"Come on! We have to have save that pony!" Darla cried.

"How? There's no getting to her!" Felix pointed out.

"We got to do something!" Tommy insisted.

"Any ideas?" Mary wondered.

"We got one!"

The kids look up and around them and watch as the Mane Six appeared and flew over their heads and ran past them.

"Never thought the Calvary would look quite like that!" Felix remarked.

"None of us did." Edwin reminded him.

"I'll say!" Paco added in agreement.

Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy both began to use their wings to blow out the flames all over the little house, Applejack and Pinkie Pie also kicked some dirt into the flames to help die it out. When the flames were cleared Twilight and Rarity both magically levitated the trapped pony out of the house and onto the ground, where she ran off quickly afterwards. The kids were amazed.

"That…" Edwin started.

"Was…" Mary continued.

"AMAZING!" Darla squealed.

"Yeah, it was. Amazing…" Toby agreed.

"More like awesome!" Felix added.

"I've seen better." Paco stated, folding his arms. His siblings all glared at him.

"Well at least there is some positive news, look around." Edwin told the others. They did so and noticed that the shaking and the raging storm had ceased.

"Hey… it's stopped!" Felix realized. "It's over!"

"For now at least…" Mary added, as Twilight and the other approached them.

"Are you all ok?" she asked.

"We're fine, don't worry." Tommy assured.

"Yeah, we can take care of ourselves." Paco stated.

"Uh-huh?" Rainbow Dash asked convinced.

Darla started cheering. "You guys were amazing! You saved all the ponies in town!"

"Aw-shucks sweetie, it was nothing." Applejack said bashfully.

"Are all the ponies ok?" Tommy questioned.

"Yes, everypony is safe." Twilight Sparkle nodded. "Thank Celestia…"

"More like thanks to all of you." Mary pointed out.

"Oh pish-posh dearie, it was nothing really, although we all quite flattered." Rarity smiled.

"Of course we did it, we're awesome!" Rainbow Dash stated proudly. "But it was nice having you kids there."

"Yeah, we do amazing, super-tastic things every day!" Pinkie Pie added excitedly. "Hey! We should give you guys a welcome to Equestria/Thanks for helping us party!"

"Really?" Darla asked excitedly.

"Oh, absolutely!" Pinkie Pie smiled, rubbing Darla's head affectionately.

"That will be somewhat hard to do Pinkie… considering…" Edwin told her sombrely, gesturing to around them. Everypony looked around and were devastated to see that the entire town of Ponyville, every building, every home, literally everything around them was either greatly damaged or reduced to rubble.

"Ponyville… our homes… gone." Twilight breathed, horrified. "It's all gone!"

"Aw man… this place really is totalled…" Paco commented.

"Princess… we're so sorry…" Tommy began.

Rainbow Dash zoomed over to the kids, her muzzle nearly touching their faces, she looked to be quite angry at them. "This is all your faults!" she exclaimed.

"HOW is it our fault?" Edwin questioned, annoyed.

"Rainbow, these youngsters had nothing to do with this!" Applejack told her hotly. "You know that!"

"She's right Rainbow, we know your upset but you can't just pin the blame on anypony who just happens to be nearby." Twilight stated.

"Please calm down… we're all sad about the town as well." Fluttershy begged gently.

Rainbow lowered herself to the ground sadly. "I know it's just…"

"I'm afraid Rainbow Dash is right."

Everyone looked up and to their awe, especially the kids, they saw Princess' Celestia and Luna lowering themselves from the sky. They were quite a sight to behold.

"Princess Celestia! Princess Luna!" Twilight Sparkle said, surprised.

"Greeting my little ponies." Princess Celestia said warmly, she also smiled at Tommy the others. "Young ones."

The girls all bowed at the sight of their fair Princess'. The kids all bow respectfully except Paco who soon gets his head shoved down by Mary. Then it hit Paco.

"Wait a minute, what do you mean 'Rainbow Dash is right'?" Paco inquired, incredulously.

"She means all this destruction… all this devastation… is because of all of you." Luna told them seriously. Horrified looks appeared on the kids' faces, as well as the Mane Six.