Applejack unlocked the barn door and walked in, panting from her recent run. Luckily, she had made the proper preparations for the meeting the night before, and turned on the lights to illuminate the empty farm room. She trotted in and sat down, staring at the door, waiting for her friends to arrive. She had a thousand different thoughts going through her head.

'What the hay am Ah gonna say to everypony when they arrive? Should Ah tell them the story, or wait for Twilight? She could probably explain everything better than Ah could. What about what happened to Wynona? Do Ah even want to know?'

She whimpered and turned away as she thought of her companion. She felt a huge mixture of emotions, ranging from anger to fear to regret and guilt. Suddenly, she heard the barn door open, and looked up to see Rainbow Dash walk in.

"Rainbow! Boy Ah'm glad yer here!" Applejack exclaimed as she leapt up and made her way over to her rainbow-maned friend.

"Applejack, something terrible has happened! Somepony took Tank last night, and I think it was a unicorn! You gotta help me find him!" the pegasus said in a worried tone.

Applejack's eyes widened. "Ya mean… Tank was kidnapped last night? Oh no, that means that…" she trailed off as she turned away from her friend.

Rainbow Dash had enough. Her pet had been taken from her, and when she tried to stop the culprit, she got beat up for her trouble. All of her leads had dried up, and now it looked like one of her best friends had known something about this, and hadn't told her. She approached the farm mare and scowled in anger as she spoke.

"What do you mean by THAT, Applejack?!? Do you know who took Tank?!? How could you not tell me something like this?!?" she yelled at her friend.

"Listen, sugarcube, there is a lot goin' on that you don't know about. It has to do with Twilight. Please, ya gotta let me explain," Applejack said seriously.

"Applejack, how could you do this to me?!? You know how much Tank means to me! What if I knew that Wynona had been taken and I didn't tell YOU?!? How do you think THAT would make YOU feel?!?" she growled at the earth pony.

At the mention of Wynona's name, Applejack turned away and whimpered. She shut her eyes tightly as tears started to form in her eyes. Rainbow Dash's expression softened, as curiosity started to replace anger.

"Hold on. Did something happen to Wynona too? And did you say this had something to do with Twilight? What the hay is going on here, AJ?" the cyan pegasus inquired.

"That's what we would like to know as well," a voice said coming from the barn door.

Applejack and Rainbow Dash turned around to see Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy make their way into the impromptu meeting space. Rainbow Dash gasped when she saw her fellow pegasus. She had a bandage wrapped around her head, and was walking more gingerly than usual. Rainbow was by her side immediately.

"Fluttershy, what happened?!? Are you ok?!?" she exclaimed.

The pink-haired mare slowly turned her head to look at her friend as she spoke. "Oh, Rainbow, it was terrible! Somepony had kidnapped Elizabeak! When I tried to confront whoever it was, they just knocked me right over and I hit my head on one of my fence posts. It still hurts, but I'm a little bit better now. I'm just so worried about Elizabeak!"

"Fluttershy, this kidnapper; did whoever it was, wear a coat? Like the one Zecora used to wear?" Rainbow Dash asked tentatively.

"Well, um, now that you mention it, yes. I couldn't see a face. All I know is that, whoever it was, they were able to use magic, because I saw Elizabeak being levitated," Fluttershy said.

Rainbow Dash turned around and glared back at Applejack. She took a low stance and stomped towards the farm mare as she spoke. "We've been through a lot together AJ, so I'm giving you one chance. ONE CHANCE to tell us what you know."

Applejack exhaled deeply and hung her head in defeat. It was time to come clean. She just hoped that her friends would understand. She knew that Twilight would be here soon, and she knew that they needed to stick together if they were all going to make it out of this.

"Ah can't be certain, but Ah think Twilight was the one who took yer critters," she stated sadly.

Rainbow Dash was confused. "Hold on. You mean to tell me that the incredibly fast unicorn that was able to buck me into next week, is really Twilight Sparkle? Sorry, I don't buy it," she said.

"What do ya mean, 'buck you into next week?'" Applejack asked.

The farm mare approached her pegasus friend slowly as she continued. "Sugarcube, are you sayin' that she hit you?"

Rainbow Dash grumbled under her breath as she took to the air, revealing the bruise on her belly. Everyone gasped at the sight, and Fluttershy forgot about her own pain and was at her fellow pegasus' side immediately.

"Oh dear, are you alright Rainbow Dash?" She said as she inspected the injury.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. I just want to know what Twilight wanted with Tank. And how the hay did she get so strong. And fast! I tried tackling her from the air, and she dodged me like it was nothing!" Rainbow Dash declared.

"Ah think that it was Twilight because of… recent developments. She actually came to see me last night, and… she…she took Wynona. She said that she needed her for an experiment. To…cure herself," Applejack said as she started to choke up.

Rainbow Dash started to speak, but Applejack cut her off as she continued.

"Look, ya'll. Something terrible has happened to Twilight. Ah think it has something to do with them telepod doohickeys. Ah went to see her, and she wasn't herself. She said that she had started becoming another creature. She looked horrible. Ah ain't never seen anypony look like that before. Her skin was all disgustin' and her ears, mane and tail had all fallen off. The last time Ah saw her, she asked for Wynona. Ah think that she may have taken yer pets as well," the farm pony stated.

They all stared at each other for a moment, before Rarity spoke up.

"Opal has been missing since last night, and I know that Pinkie Pie here said that Gummy was also missing. What kind of experiment could Twilight be running that she would need our pets for?" she inquired.

"And why would you not tell us this until now, AJ?!? I thought we were all friends here?!?" Rainbow Dash asked angrily.

"BECAUSE SHE THREATENED ME, OK?!? AH WENT TO SEE HER, AND SHE THREATENED TO HURT MAH FAMILY IF AH TOLD ANYPONY WHAT AH HAD SEEN!!" Applejack screamed.

"There is no way Twilight would do that!!!" Rainbow Dash yelled back at the orange earth pony.

"AH'M THE ELEMENT OF HONESTY, RAINBOW DASH, AH AIN'T LYIN'!" Applejack shouted, getting increasingly exasperated.

"OH , SURE! NOW YOU'RE THE ELEMENT OF HONESTY, BUT YOU'VE BEEN KEEPING SECRETS FROM YOUR FRIENDS THIS ENTIRE TIME! HOW HONEST IS THAT, AJ?!?" Rainbow Dash screamed back.

"STOP IT, BOTH OF YOU, JUST STOP IT!" A voice called out near the entrance of the barn.

Everyone turned to see Pinkie Pie covering her eyes with her hooves. She was shaking, and her teeth were chattering. She looked up to see everyone staring at her. She wanted so badly to keep her promise, but she couldn't take it anymore. She had to tell her friends the truth, no matter how bad it made her feel to betray Twilight.

"Pinkie Pie?" Fluttershy asked with concern.

"Applejack… isn't lying, ok? She's telling the truth. I know, because... because Twilight told me everything. And she threatened me too!" The pink party pony stammered.

She broke down in tears at her admission. She felt so ashamed, but she knew this is how it had to be. Twilight had gone too far, and she knew that her other friends needed to stick together, especially if what Applejack said was true.

She continued through sniffling. "I… I ran into Twilight at Sugarcube Corner. She was just how Applejack described. I'm…. I'm not sure I understand it, but she said that when she experimented on herself, that a… a fly had been in the chamber with her, when she tried to teleport herself. That big computer that she has messed up and thought they were one thing, so it…it…combined them. It fused them together somehow. She… she made me promise not to tell anypony. I t-tried to talk to her, but she… she…"

Rarity was beside her pink earth pony companion, and put a hoof on her back, trying to calm her down. "It's ok, Pinkie. What did she do?" she asked gently.

Pinkie Pie's body wracked with sobs as she continued. "She… she knocked m-me over and pinned me down! She was so… so strong, I couldn't get up! She wouldn't let me go until I Pinkie Promised not to tell anypony! Not even the princess! I was so scared!"

Rarity hugged Pinkie Pie and let her cry on her shoulder. The pink earth pony cried her eyes out into her friend's fur. She had kept this secret in for so long, and now that it was finally out, her emotional floodgates had opened.

"I'm so sorry I didn't say anything, I know that I should have, but I didn't want to betray Twilight! I was scared of what she might do! I'm so sorry, everypony!" she said as she stammered through the sniffling and crying.

"It's ok, Pinkie Pie. I forgive you," a new voice said from the barn door.

Everyone froze in place, and slowly turned to see Twilight standing in the doorway, with the barn door closing behind her. She was no longer wearing her coat. Twilight made her way into the barn, taking awkward steps as she approached her friends. The nervous ticks had gotten worse, but they were down to short bursts, at least for now.

Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Rarity were shocked at the sight of their deformed friend. They tried to scream, but no sound came out. No one said a thing, and no one moved as Twilight made her way further into the barn. Twilight's flesh packed eyes darted back and forth between her friends, as another burst of nervous twitches came. After a few moments, they had died down.

"Hi… girls," Twilight said.

After a few more moments of silence, Rainbow Dash finally spoke up. She felt her eyes welling up as she took a few steps towards the deformed unicorn.

"Twi…Twilight. Is that…you?" she whispered.

Twilight hung her head and shut her eyes tightly as she spoke.

"Yes, Rainbow. It's me. Pinkie's information is accurate. As far as I can tell, when I went through the teleportation process, there was a fly in the chamber. The computer read us as a single organism, and that's what started this whole nightmare."

She looked up and opened her eyes to see her friends with looks of what she could only describe as a mixture of horror and sadness. Fluttershy had curled up on the ground shaking with fear as she gazed upon her. Pinkie Pie was still ashamed of what she had done, she could tell. Pinkie couldn't even look in her direction with her bottom lip quivering as tears streamed down her face. Rarity, Applejack and Rainbow Dash just looked dumbfounded. Applejack just sat there with a frown on her face and a hopeless look in her eyes.

Rarity was the next to speak.

"Twilight, dear, how do you feel? Are you in any pain?"

Twilight was not sure how to answer her fellow unicorn. She knew that just the sight of her was enough to make them all worry intensely, and she didn't want to add fuel to the fire. At the same time, she wanted to tell the truth, not just for her friends, but for herself as well. She needed to express herself, and finally she had ponies who would listen.

"Well, it's not… pain, exactly. I can feel myself changing; I don't really know how to describe it. I won't lie though, things have been hard. I've been having trouble concentrating, and I have these bouts of nervous ticks that come and go," Twilight stated.

More awkward silence followed. No one quite knew what to say. They had faced down Nightmare Moon, Discord, and even the Changeling Queen. This situation, however, was completely different. There was so much uncertainty. Even with a clear goal in sight, there was no clear mechanism to achieve it.

"Girls… can I… Can we…" Twilight started to mumble under her breath.

Her friends approached her tentatively, straining to hear what the element of magic was saying.

"Sugarcube?" Applejack whispered.

Twilight looked up, to see that her friends were close. Her fellow elements; the ponies who were her first real friends. The ponies who loved her so much, when all she did was worry them and hurt them. What kind of friend was she? After everything, she had done, and the way she looked, they were all here, looking at her with obvious concern for her well -being. She was overcome with emotion, and exploded like a volcano, lunging forward, embracing her friends in a hug, as she started wailing.

"OH, I MISSED YOU ALL SO MUCH! I FELT SO ALONE, AND SCARED! I WANTED TO TELL YOU ALL SO BADLY, BUT I JUST COULDN'T! I WAS SO FRIGHTENED AND ASHAMED! PLEASE, FORGIVE ME! I'M SO SORRY! FOR ALL OF THIS!" she screamed as she hugged her friends tightly.

At first, her friends tensed up, believing that it was some sort of attack. After they realized that their friend was still in the shell of flesh before them, they returned the embrace, letting the malformed unicorn get all of her emotions out in the open. For Twilight, it was a cathartic experience. After locking her feelings up for so long, she felt a release, a satisfaction, at being able to finally express the emotions that she kept bottled up all this time. They all just held each other, silently for a few moments, since they didn't know if it would be the last time they ever would. After a few more moments, Twilight ended the embrace.

"Girls… things are bad. I have calculated multiple outcomes, and either way, I won't be Twilight Sparkle for very much longer unless I act decisively. I know I've been a terrible friend, but I ask you all… no, I beg you all, please come back to my lab and help me. I need everypony's help if I'm going to get out of this," she said.

Everyone looked at her apprehensively. At first, Twilight was taken aback by the stares. A million thoughts raced through her head.

'Oh, no! Have I gone too far? Are they going to abandon me?!?'she thought to herself, nervously.

" Please! I'm begging you, please help me, please don't let me die!" she cried.

The other elements of harmony were stunned. Rarity was the first to speak up. "Twilight…what do you mean…are you…are you…" She began tearing up again.

Twilight looked down at the barn floor. Once again, she had come face to face with her own demise. The worst part about it now was the fact that she had to tell her friends. It was one thing to deal with it herself, but now she had to lay the burden on the ones she cared about the most. She had already hurt them enough, and now she was going to have to hurt them again. With a mixture of fear and frustration in her voice, she spoke.

"Yes, Rarity. There is a very real chance that…that my body is actually rejecting the change. Which means that, if I don't change into something else, that I will…die instead."

Twilight didn't look up. She couldn't bring herself to gaze upon her friends' reactions to her conclusion. With each new statement she made, she felt worse and worse, as if she was taking apart these cherished friendships piece by piece. She could almost feel the bond of trust that she had forged with them being torn apart at the seams. The other elements of harmony felt sick to their stomachs. Their legs got weak, and they all sat down right where they were. They could not believe how far things had gone. Their best friend, the unicorn that brought them all together, just told them that she was dying. There were no words spoken, as no one could think of anything to say. Finally after what seemed like an eternity, Pinkie Pie, surprisingly took the initiative and spoke as she stood back up.

"Of course we will help you, Twilight! Right, girls?" she asked, her tone both guilty and determined.

They all stood up as Twilight Sparkle turned back around to gaze at her friends again. They all gave soft smiles with tears in their eyes as they each nodded in turn. Twilight sighed with relief. Even through all of this, they were still friends, and they would do anything for each other. She managed a smile herself, as she spoke softly.

"Thank you all so much. We have to hurry back to my lab. I have to finish setting up. I…I don't have much time left," she said.

"Then let's get a move on," Applejack said, as she placed a hoof on her friend's shoulder.
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It didn't take them long to arrive at the library. Twilight had her coat on; as it turned out she just took it off when she entered the barn. She put it back on before they started the journey to the other side of town. They were silent for the whole walk. They did not want to wake anyone, for fear of what would happen if anyone else found out. A feeling of apprehension added to the quiet as well. There was a strange sense of foreboding in the air due to the weight of the situation. This could very well be the last walk they would all take through their town; the town where they all met and became best friends, but also, the town where they may lose one of their own. It was a strange and eerie feeling as they trotted forward quietly.
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As they ascended the stairs into the basement lab, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack and Fluttershy took tentative steps as they inspected their surroundings. Their mouths went agape as they got their first real look at the new telepod set up. Only Fluttershy had actually seen one of the telepods before, and that was an impressive sight enough. Now, there were three pods, each connected to the central computer, with wires and cables running everywhere.

Fluttershy started shaking as her hooves touched the basement floor. This is where it happened. This is where she lost Angel. She straightened herself up, and put on a brave face. After all, they were now fighting for one of their best friend's lives. She needed to be strong, if not just for herself, then for her friends. After they assembled opposite the pods, Rainbow Dash spoke up.

"Ok, Twilight. Here we are. So, what do you need us to do? Take notes? Move some of this equipment around? Just say the word Twilight, and we'll get it done!" the rainbow haired mare stated as she puffed out her chest with pride.

This was the part that Twilight had been dreading since last night. She ran though scenario after scenario trying desperately to anticipate reactions and questions, despite not only her tremendous workload, but also her waning concentration and bodily reactions. It was now or never. She had decided that the best approach was simple honesty. The element of magic believed that she owed her friends at least that much.

"Well, girls, it's actually much simpler than that. You see..." she said as she turned towards the telepods.

"I go over here, in pod one…then you all get into pod two…" Twilight stated as she pointed her deformed hoof at each mechanism respectively.

"And then, we come out in pod three…as one…being."

She turned around and forced a smile. It quickly faded at the looks of horror she received.

"THAT'S your plan?!?!? You want us to get into the very thing that MADE you like this?!? What sense does that make?!?" Rainbow Dash reacted.

The others were about to speak up, but Twilight had another bout of her nervous ticks.

'Not now, not now! I have to get through this and explain it to them! Concentrate! Fight through these seizures!'The unicorn thought to herself.

"W…well, you see…you see…we would be…become…one…one…one…being…the…the…DNA of all of you would…would….would…cancel out the fly…fly…fly…part of me," she stuttered

The ponies were taken aback by the attack, but luckily, it was over almost as soon as it began. Rarity tried to approach her, but Twilight waived her off, insisting that she was all right.

"What'dya mean 'become one being?!?'" Applejack barked in a frightened tone.

"Look, I reached an impasse last night, and I started to think about how much I missed you all. But, then it occurred to me; we are the elements of harmony, right? We each represent a piece of the whole. If we would all come together, we would be the ELEMENT of harmony; one single being, with all of the attributes that we all possess. And all of your DNA would cancel out the fly DNA that is currently changing me. It would be destroyed, just like when our bodies fight off a bad case of the Pony Pox!" Twilight answered.

"Twilight, how in Equestria could you possibly ask us to do this?!?" Rarity asked angrily.

This began a shouting match between the six of them. It seemed to go on forever, and soon, Pinkie Pie found herself frustrated. She was scared for her friends, but they were getting nowhere like this. She huffed to herself and decided to give them some space by walking to the other side of the lab while the rest of them argued. She noticed a familiar tail sticking out behind a stack of books in the corner.

"Gummy?" She whispered to herself.

"GUMMY!" She shouted excitedly as she ran over to see her pet.

Twilight became distracted from the argument when she heard Pinkie Pie shout. She peered around her other friends, and soon realized that Pinkie had found the "experiment" she conducted last night.

"NO, PINKIE, WAIT!" she shouted.

It was too late, however. As the pink party pony trotted over, she slipped on a syrupy substance, and landed face first beside what she thought was just her pet Gummy hiding behind some books. Pinkie Pie's bright smile, the smile that could warm up the coldest room, and ease anyone's pain and sadness was quickly replaced by a look of horror. No one had ever heard Pinkie Pie scream that loudly; she screeched at the top of her lungs while shuffling herself away from the disgusting sight before her. Her screams became louder as she inspected her face and hoof realizing that the liquid on them was blood.

"Sugarcube! What's the matter?!?" Applejack shouted as she and the rest of her friends galloped to where the pink mare was now cringing in fear.

When they turned, they saw what made Pinkie Pie scream, and soon they were screaming as well. The sight of their own beloved pets mangled together, and seemingly mutilated had shocked them to the core. Twilight did her best to calm them down.

"Everypony, please! Let me explain!" she shouted.

They all turned to their malformed unicorn friend, trembling, as they did their best to listen to her explanation.

"I…I know this looks bad. I was running out of time, and I needed to get the necessary data for what we had just discussed. Please believe me when I say it was the hardest thing I've ever had to do in my life. I know you all must hate me now, but please understand, it was the only way. I'm so sorry, girls!" she said as she looked away in humiliation.

"How…how could you have done this to us?!? We're your friends!" Fluttershy whimpered.

Rainbow Dash looked like she was ready to attack. She didn't care that Twilight was her friend. In her mind, the unicorn had taken advantage of creatures weaker than herself. That made her a bully, and Rainbow Dash never backed down from a bully. After a few moments, she began her assault, as she lunged forward, only to be stopped by Applejack.

"GET OUT OF MY WAY, AJ! SHE'S GOING DOWN, AND I DON'T CARE HOW STRONG SHE IS!!" The rainbow-maned pegasus screamed as she tried to go past her friend.

"No, what we are gonna do is what we shoulda done in the first place, Rainbow!" Applejack said calmly.

She turned to face Twilight. As she looked into the eyes of her the deformed unicorn, she realized her terrible mistake. This needed to stop, and if Twilight didn't have enough sense to ask for help, then she would ask for her. If anything, she could relate to wanting to do everything on her own, and, ironically, it was Twilight who had convinced her to reach out to her friends. It was a tough lesson to learn, especially for the farm pony, as she knew she could be incredibly stubborn. At this point, however, Applejack knew what she had to do.

"Ah know you've been doin' yer best here, Twi, but it just ain't enough! This was too big for you to handle to begin with, and we shoulda done somethin' about it sooner! WE ARE goin' to Princess Celestia, and getting her to help you, whether you like it or not! We'll be back as soon as we can! Come on, girls, let's get outta here!" she stated angrily.

She turned and made her way up the stairs, followed by Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy. As they approached the door of the basement, it came alive with magic and slammed shut, startling all of them.

"I'm sorry…But, I can't let you leave," Twilight said in a strangely calm tone.

The rest of them turned and looked at their friend with fear in their eyes. The cold way she said those last words, didn't sound like the unicorn they all knew and loved. Before anyone could do or say anything else, Twilight wrapped them all in a magic bubble, and slammed them against the far wall. They all grunted as they slid down to the floor. Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie were knocked out cold. Rainbow Dash rolled around for a moment groaning and trying to get her bearings before going still. Applejack also lied still. Twilight turned to go back to her modifications.

"I'm never going to be alone again. And neither will you! You'll see! It will be a wonderful experience!" Twilight said brightly as she started her maintenance routine on the computer.

Applejack opened one eye, and turned her head slowly, to see Rainbow Dash next to her.

'Ah guess even the element of honesty can play possum when she has to! I gotta wake up Rainbow! She's our only hope at this point!'The farm mare thought to herself.

She inched her way over to her friend, making sure to keep an eye on Twilight, who had her head inside the computer, hard at work. When she was next to Rainbow Dash, she lightly prodded the Pegasus with her hoof.

"Huh…whu…UMPH!" Rainbow Dash uttered, as she felt a hoof thrust into her mouth. She looked over to see that it was Applejack.

"Listen, Sugarcube, Twilight has officially lost her marbles. She is more than a few apples short of a bushel at this point. Ya gotta get to the Princess, Rainbow! You're the only one fast enough to get there in time!" Applejack whispered earnestly.

Her Rainbow-maned friend nodded in agreement.

"Ok, try to make yer way over to the stairs, real quiet-like. When yer at the bottom of the staircase, Ah'll cause a distraction, so you can get outta here!" Applejack whispered again.

Rainbow Dash nodded again, and they both turned to see Twilight still working on the computer device. This was their chance to strike. Their lives and the lives of their friends were directly on the line now. There was no room for error. They each took a breath, as they made their way towards the staircase. They slid across the floor as silently as they could. Just as she predicted, however, once they reached the foot of the stairs, Twilight turned around.

"NOW, RAINBOW! GO!" Applejack exclaimed.

Before Twilight could react, Applejack tackled her with everything she had. Twilight stood fast, however, catching Rainbow Dash in mid-air, bringing her back down to the floor, just as she was at the door. Applejack answered the unicorn's attack with one of her own, as she struck Twilight's horn making the magic dissipate. Unfortunately, when Rainbow Dash tried to fly away again, she found her hoof tangled in a wire. She tried desperately to escape, her heart beating quicker and quicker in her chest, and her breathing becoming more rapid as the seconds ticked by. She could hear the struggle going on behind her. She dared not turn around, as she needed to concentrate on getting to the door while she still could. From the sounds behind her, it was obvious that it was a fight that Applejack was losing. She felt the wire begin to give way, and felt her heart plummet into her stomach, as she heard a loud crash from behind her, and Applejack scream. For the first time in her life, she was actually scared. She thought that she would not make it out of this alive and that her killer would be one of her best friends.

Applejack landed against the wall, and pulled herself to her hooves as she faced off with Twilight again. Twilight was stronger than she ever imagined.

"Why can't you understand what I'm trying to do here?!? I won't let you ruin this! Even if you are my friends, I will make you see this is the best thing for all of us!" Twilight yelled as she faced her attacker.

The deformed unicorn turned around and was about to use her magic to draw Rainbow Dash back in, but before she could, she heard the door to the basement swing open. Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Twilight all looked at the door just in time to see the magical aura dissipated from around it. They turned again back to their friends lying on the floor, and saw Rarity awake, sitting against the wall, with her horn glowing.

"Go, Rainbow Dash… get… help!" She exclaimed through labored breaths.

Applejack took advantage of the momentary confusion and lunged at Twilight Sparkle. They continued their wrestling for a few more moments, when they heard a tight snap. Rainbow Dash was free, as the wire gave way. It had been attached to the first telepod, but was now sparking with electricity. Twilight had a choice. Stop Rainbow Dash, or cut the power to the machine to prevent a fire. She thrust Applejack into Rarity, knocking them both unconscious and made her way to the control panel. Rainbow Dash flew as fast as she could out the door, and out of the library. She felt her speed building and she knew a Sonic Rainboom was imminent after she caught open air. She just prayed that it was enough to save her friends.

Well, another chapter done! I really struggled with this one. I want to thank my pre-reader, Krushnazag, and a particular young lady who shall remain nameless. This was a long one for me, so I appreciate their taking the time to review it. Next chapter should be the last. Please review, and see you next time!