The next day

"Property damage in Cloudsdale, snowstorm in Applepaloosa, earthquake in Manehattan, and the owner of the resort/casino in Las Pegasus is currently in a coma, dear me this getting worse and worse by the minute" The sun goddess said as she paced about the throne room in a worried state with the latest report in hand, after the group was informed about Twilight and Trixie's " Visits"throughout various towns and parts of Equestria. They're shock and worry increased after hearing about the damage the infamous duo have caused thanks to those cursed amulets that they're sporting, the thought of the once happiest bookworm in all of Ponyville turning into a vicious sociopath scared each of them to the core especially given the fact that they were partially the cause of it made them feel even worse.

"UNBELIEVABLE!!!!" Applejack shouted in frustration.

"I can't believe Twilight's doing this" Pinkie replied her hair still deflated in a sad gray color tone. " Were we really that horrible to her?"

"Considering the fact that we didn't take her words seriously at the rehearsal, it's a pretty safe bet Pinkie" Spike jumped in.

"Twily what happened to you?" Shining Armor said to himself in a gloomy tone.

"I'm afraid that this is getting worse and worse by the minute" Cadence said. " I'm afraid that it's gonna take more than a simple apology to bring Twilight back to her senses, given the fact that she's attacking nearby towns and cities alongside Trixie Lunamoon"

"So what do ya'll suppose we do then your majesty?" Applejack asked. " Lock that girl up and force her to forgive us ?"

"No Applejack, we're not forcing anyone to forgive and forget" Cadence replied. " I understand Twilight's reason for being angry, and like I said before I don't blame any of you. But Given Twilight's behavior, I feel that it's not gonna be so simple to just apologize to her. I'm afraid that the only rational choice in this manner is to have her locked up" The groups expressions turned to shock after hearing this decision.

"I hate to say it honey, but I agree with you" Shining Armor jumped in with a sigh. " I don't like the idea of arresting my own sister, but she's hurt so many ponies throughout her rampage and she's sent not one but 2 ponies into a coma. The best course of action right now is to incarcerate her and hopefully in time she'll cool off and maybe find it in her heart to forgive us, my parents are gonna skin me alive for this but I'm afraid it's our only option now. If Twily chooses not to forgive us, we'll have to lock her away for a while until she snaps out of it and cools off"

The group while not liking the idea of incarcerating their friend knew that the royal couple was right, but with twilight's aggressive and violent behavior. They too felt that it was best to have her locked away for a while just so she'll cool off and hopefully forgive them in time as a simple apology wasn't gonna be enough to convince her right now. suddenly a loud slam can be heard practically startling the group as they turned to the source to find it to be non other than Fluttershy who slammed her hoof against the wall in frustration.

" DAMN IT!!!!!!!" The element of kindness shouted which shocked the group to the core as they never expected Fluttershy of all ponies to raise her voice.

" Fluttershy what........................." Pinkie was about to ask but was quickly interrupted.

"Why didn't I take her side?!" Fluttershy continued. " Damn it why did I have to be such a coward, i should have at least comforted her or even go to check on her before the wedding but I didn't!!!!! I let my instincts get the better of me and now look what it's costs me? My friend hates me now and I don't blame her, I deserved to get my nose broken by her. If I'm not brave enough to stand up for one of my friends , then i don't deserve the element of kindness"

Fluttershy said no more and just started to sob as the others watched on at the poor pegasus, each of their hearts shattered to pieces not knowing how big the situation hit the poor girl. With how non of them had Twilight's back during the rehearsal, non of them could blame Fluttershy for berating herself. After a moment Shining Armor walked up to the sobbing pegasus.

"Fluttershy, you do deserve the element of kindness" He said in a comforting tone earning the pegasus attention. " Believe me your not the only one who feels guilty, Twilys my sister and I should have had her back too but I didn't. I chose the cowards way and just brushed it off as jealousy and even went as far as to ban her and now look whats happened? I might have lost her forever and I don't blame her one bit cause who want's a selfish asshole for a brother anyway?" The others continued to look on to the duo each giving guilty expressions of their own.

"But listen" He continued. " Twilight may be in a dark place at the moment, but it's not to late to at least try. You musn't give up, Twilight needs you more than ever and that includes your friends too. Your not a bad pony Fluttershy, and your element agrees with me too. Even if Twilight chooses not to forgive us immediately it's not too late to at least try, whatever happens next, the least we can do is try to show Twily that we still care about her. So please don't give up, we need you, your friends need you, even Twilight needs you"

Fluttershy finally stopped sobbing and wiped her tears, while still afraid of the how the outcome will transpire. The pegasus knew that the stallion was right, while it was gonna be pretty dangerous and scary. She knew that her friend needed her, even if Twilight doesn't forgive them right away, the least she could do is at least show her that she still cares about her even if the unicorn doesn't fully trust her ( yet). After a minute of pondering the pegasus wrapped her hooves around Shinings neck and hugged him.

"Thank you Shining Armor, I needed that" She said as the stallion smiled and returned the embrace. " And I won't give up I promise"

"I'm proud of you Fluttershy" He said as Cadence and the others looked on with proud and confident smiles. After a few seconds the hug ended and the group was quick to get back to business.

"Ok so let us review our plan everyone" Celestia said. " We track down Twilight, think of our words carefully and apologize to her, and if she doesn't forgive us right away and is still violent, we lock her away for a while until she cools off and is ready to listen to us" The others nodded their heads in agreement at the plan, while still not liking the idea of imprisoning their friend. They knew that it was the best choice of action giving Twilight's condition, they also knew that maybe, just maybe with a little time while incarcerated Twilight would cool down eventually and maybe forgive them for their action.

Suddenly as the group continued to ponder a loud explosion came from the horizon causing each of them to jump slightly.

"WHAT THE HAY WAS THAT?!" Applejack said as another explosion could be heard, the group then rushed to the balcony to find the source of the explosions. They then made their way to the balcony and to their shock and horror found a few of the buildings in the city raging from store fronts, houses, cafe's, apartments, etc burned down to the ground, likely from the explosions from a few seconds later.

"Oh my goodness" Fluttershy said in terror. " Who could have done this?"

"I don't know Fluttershy " Celestia said in shock. " But we better go down and investigate * I really hope this isn't Twilight and trixie's doing* " With nothing more to say, the sun goddess concentrated her magic and teleported the group down below to the streets of Canterlot. The group were finally teleported down to the streets to find a group of fireponies immediately beginning to put out the fires as a group of guards stood by to keep anyone away from the scene to insure their safety, they too stood back not wanting to risk getting hurt as well all while praying that no one was hurt.

Finally after 30 minutes the fires were now completely out as the fireponies surveyed and savaged the scorched structures to insure that there weren't any nearby embers that they've missed. One of the guards then made his way towards the group who were anxious to here the news.

"Report" Celestia said.

"Your majesty" The guard began. " There was not one but two explosions earlier, we're not sure how they started but witnesses say that it may have been caused by either a grease fire from one of the eating establishments or by someone leaving the oven on in one of the apartment complexes"

"Were there any casualties?" Celestia asked.

" No we managed to evacuate some of the citizens trapped inside the burning buildings " He continued. " However there were a few whom got inflicted with third degree burns and we're currently escorting them to the medical quarters, but their gonna pull through don't worry" The group then sighed in relief being thankful that no on died from the explosion.

"Did you identify any of the burn victims? Celestia asked.

"Yes your majesty" The guard replied. " There were five of em, 3 stallions and 2 mares. Names of the victims, Cliff snowstorm , May Woods, Jeremy Sunrise , his wife Cassidy Sunrise, and Butch Armstrong" Shining Armor and Cadences eyes widened in shock after hearing the words of the burn victims, indicating that the couple recognized the 5 ponies who were injured by the fire and explosions. Applejack was quick to notice the shocked looks of the couple, wondering if they knew who they were?

"Cadence, Shining what's wrong?" She asked.

"Yeah you guys look like you've seen a ghost or something" Pinkie jumped in, the royal couple remained silent for a short while until Shining finally spoke up.

"Those five were Twilight's childhood bullies" He said in a terrified tone which earned shocked looks from the group, each not expecting that the five burn victims were Twilight's old bullies.

"Oh my goodness" Fluttershy said. " You guys don't think Twilight had something to do with this do you?"

"Considering the fact that the five victims were old bullies of Twilight, I say it's a pretty safe bet shy" Applejack replied. " Damn first this girl terrorizes a bunch of towns and cities, but now she's taking her anger out on some of her childhood tormentors"

"I'm afraid it only gets worse I'm afraid" The guard jumped in. " You guys might want to take a look at this" He then ushered the group to follow him to a nearby wall from one of the charred buildings that was still in tact, and what the guard showed them next sent shivers down each of their spines. There on the wall read the words...................

"I'll be waiting for you traitors in Ponyville"

Written on the wall with a dark menacing red color, the word traitor instantly clicked with the group as they could clearly tell that the cause of the explosion was indeed Twilight Sparkle, as she does consider them traitors after the rehearsal incident and the fact that five of her former bullies were the victims of the fire incident earlier only made it even more obvious. After a moment of hesitation, Celestia finally spoke.

"This is gone on long enough" She began. " Come, we must gather the elements of harmony at once. You all must head to Ponyville immediately to stop Twilight before she does anymore damage" The remaining element bearers nodded in unison along with the royal couple and Spike, with nothing more to say the group made their way towards the royal archives to retrieve the elements but not before Shining armor ushered a few of the guards on the scene to watch over things while they were gone, which they responded to their captain with a solute before making his way to join the others to the royal archives. Minutes later the group arrives at the royal archives, Celestia then opens the large door with her magic and soon they made their way inside of the room to retrieve the elements, however as they made their way inside Celestia noticed the crate which held the elements was open and was quick to rush over to it. And to her shock and horror found it empty.

"No....................." She began with a look of horror written on her face as the others were quick to notice this.

"Auntie" Cadence said. " What is it?"

"The elements" Celestia replied." They're gone!!!!!"

Unknown to them, the group was being surveyed through a magic surveillance orb by non other than the infamous duo as they watch on with looks of satisfaction on each of their faces. Twilight then takes a look at the stolen elements which rested neatly inside of Trixie's saddlebag before the blue magician finally speaking.

"Looks like they got the "invitation" sparkle" Trixie said with a sinister grin.

"Indeed" Twilight replied with a sinister look of her own. " It's all coming together perfectly, soon friendship will no longer exist when I'm done with those traitors I thought were my friends. You remember the plan Trixie?" Trixie then nodded in an understanding nature.

"Got it all saved up Twi" She answered.

"Excellent" Twilight replied. " And now we head to Ponyville and wait" With nothing more to say the duo then said the name of their next destination as the pentagram soon enveloped the two of them, ready to teleport the two unicorns straight to Ponyville. With that the pentagram vanished alongside the duo heading straight towards the town of Ponyville.

Dun, dun, dun!!!!!!!!!!!!! and another chapter bites the dust, the epic confrontation is almost here fellah's so stay tuned.

until then I'll see you guys next time