“WHAT?!” Scootaloo and I freaked out. “The Master is here?!” Closing the shutters, the three of us grabbed boxes and hid behind them. Before long, there was a knock on the door.

“Hello?” A voice sounded from outside. It was Babs Seed. “Is anypony in there? We would’ve come sooner, but we just found out your new HQ’s location! You do know it was us who burned down the Ponyville Schoolhouse, right? I was there. I lit two of the matches!” She sounded giddy. “It’s great that you have a new place. I just think-” She was cut off.

“Calm down, Babs.” A new voice sounded. It sounded familiar… almost like… the Master? What in Equestria was she doing here? “Come on out, Scootaloo. Don’t think we had a choice. The tracker worked perfectly. Good work, Waterfall.” She laughed. Tracker? What tracker? Then I looked at my tail. Along with the hot pink barrettes I place in my tail every morning, there was a barrette that was flashing a neon blue light. I gasped. Scootaloo and Apple Bloom, along with Sweetie Belle, who had come in to see what was going on, stared at it.

“You led her to us?!” Apple Bloom glared at me. “Once a spy, always a spy. Scootaloo, kick her out. The Master’s outside, she’ll take her back.”

“I didn’t know she placed a tracker on me! Honest! Apple Bloom, as the sister of the Element of Honesty, you should know! Please don’t kick me out!” Then I whispered in Scootaloo’s ear, “I actually want to join your group now. Now that I know what happened…”

Scootaloo blinked. “You… want… to join us?” It looked like she couldn’t believe it. Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle looked at me. Then they smiled.

“YAY! The Flightless Birds new member!”

Then there was an explosion. The door crashed to the ground. And there stood the Master.