August 28

Dear Applejack…. WTF

The situation is so much worse than we thought. Who knew siren heats could be so crazy. Having a hungry siren pillaging farms in the countryside threatening to eat anyone who disturbs her has been rough on every pony Several ponies have gathered mobs to try to scare her away but all she has to do is sing for a few minutes and they dissolve. She insisted she is just passing though but she is definitely taking her time. When Princess Twilight asked her why she came to Equestria specifically she said that she was looking for a mate and had heard that the territory had been claimed by three sirens a while ago. Her majesty was furious.

She is dark red with pink eyes and brown fins. And she is big.

Remember all the blood and half eaten ponies the Wonderbolts found on the eastern coast? We found the culprit… There is a fully grown Tarasque breathing fire and stomping towards the capital. Seriously! I read about them in my studies but seeing it for real… One reason it is so head to fight it because it has an impenetrable shell on its back. Its shell is covered in these little hairs that work like porcupine quills if porcupine quills Caused life threatening allergic reactions. It has six legs each tipped with sharp claws that can rip a pony in half. And it’s tail… it keeps the tip of the tail curled and swings the mass like a wrecking ball. It can smash boulders and trees. We decided to see if its belly was vulnerable to weapons and found out that the tip of its tail has a stinger with venom that caused immense pain, unending muscle spasms and extreme bleeding due to blood thinning. Its teeth are saber as long as I am tall. And it will eat any animal in its path. Also it can swim.

The Royal Sky Force and the the Legionary and about half the Savilian Guard are on the front lines fighting. The legionary are doing the bulk of the fighting though. The Royal Navy is Patrolling the coast and trying to provide the survivors. The Royal Guard is preparing the capital for an assault. The Royal Army Medical Departments has ponies everywhere.

Right now our efforts are focused on trying to evacuate towns and animal communities from the path of destruction. The other half of the Savilion Guard is helping.

That’s the weirdest part of this. Princess Luna was the first to point it out. It is such a calculated attack. Tarasques are not known for their intelligence.

WHY WOULD THIS THING AIM FOR OUR CAPITAL! WHY DOES IT CARE?

The last time a tarasque was in Equestria was before Princess Celestia and Princess Luna came to Equestria. Speaking of Which, Princess Celestia and Queen Novo and some of her army showed up today. The three princess and the queen are in a meeting right now with top intelligence officials from the Royal Intelligence Department.

Princess Cadence sent a letter her and Prince Shining Armor will be here as soon as they can.

Princess Twilight is eager to use the elements of harmony. She is convinced that they can stop it. She doesn’t think anything else will work. Unfortunately Applejack is MIA. Her last known location was a train station a day’s ride away. Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie arrived yesterday with no problems.

Moral isn’t great.

Fluttershy has been freaking out over all the dead animals and is now working non stop in a desperate attempt to protect her animal friends.

Pinkie Pie’s hair is deflated. There is too much stress and misery around her, she has begun talking to a group of rocks.

Rainbow Dash has gone full drill sergeant and won’t let her guard down at all even when we are alone. She won’t stop yelling and snapping. Also she is uninterested in anyone’s feelings and she will not relax.

Rarity has channeled her stress into taking care of Moon Dancer. She isn’t doing very well. She came down with some sort of illness. But something wired is going on. She keeps having these hallucinations seemingly at random. They affect all of her senses but not all at once. She is constantly disorientated and frightened. All the doctors are confused. There are times where she seemed to believe she is somewhere else and sometimes she didn’t recognize us. Once she complained about a smell no one else could perceive.

Applejack was supposed to arrive this after noon. Rainbow Dash is going to lead the Wonderbolts in a search party tomorrow.

I hope things are well on the other side of the mirror.

Sunset Shimmer

Adagio closed the journal and looked at Sonata and Aria. Sonata was grinning ear to ear and Aria was relaxed.

“Good to know Princess Twilight’s creative thinking skills haven’t changed.” Aria said.

Sonata giggled.

“Someone's dog is loose and Equestria is on fire. Also there are some sirens looking for us. What should we do?” Aria asked Adagio.

Applejack’s tail twitched as she stretched. Her back was tight. Her frogs ached from walking across hot rocks.

Applejack snuggled in to the nest she had made for self. She rearranged some old hay bales and draped some ratty blankets over them. She had folded up some clean towels and had a bucket of water in the corner of the shed.

A dilapidated shed wasn’t her ideal location but she would make it work.

Author's Notes:

I am trying to keep the story moving.

I did a bunch of world building for the last chapter. I designed an equestrian military that I will be using.

Also I don’t know if it is clear but several days have passed.

As always I would love comments.