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// Chapter 8 
// Story: A Still More Glorious Dawn Awaits 
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A Still More Glorious Dawn Awaits

Chapter 8

By CDRW



Applejack
Comprehension ~ Day  2

Applejack stood over the remains of the shattered kitchen table and the shredded poster, lungs heaving as everypony else looked on in shocked silence.


WANTED FOR MURDER


Macintosh was gone.


BRAEBURN APPLE


Aunt Orange's marriage broken.


100,000 BIT REWARD


Fluttershy missing.


DEAD


It only took one day to tear apart her family.


OR


And she couldn't do anything.


ALIVE


She could smell the smoke from her dream. It burned her nose with its acrid stench and choked her lungs until she couldn't breathe. In the dream it was the Everfree Forest that was burning, but that was just a dream. Now it was her home. 

"I..."

Had she ever seen Rarity look that scared before?

“I...”

Or Granny Smith speechless?

“I...”

Thank the Goddess Applebloom isn't back yet.

"I’m sorry, I... I think I need to be alone for a minute..."

She walked out the door on bruised and unsteady legs, with the smell of smoke heavy in her nose.

I still got to finish digging that ditch.