Despite the disturbing signs the Everfree Forest emitted, it was decided to hold off moving the entire towns population until dawn. It was such short notice after all. This gave more time to organize, though some small groups started to leave ahead of the main pack. Big Macintosh decided it would be best to move down to Appaloosa instead of to Philadelphia, and while it wasn't the written destination on the brief letter, Twilight knew better than to try to keep the Apples away from each other. It'd be better for the tight-nit family to stay together anyways.
After all was settled, Twilight returned home, and waited for her friends to show up. She knew it wouldn't be long now, but she wished she had more to tell them. She paced the room anxiously. "Oh, I can't stand it Spike! I don't know weather to send a letter to the Princess or not- what if they're still in danger?" She says worriedly.
"Twi, it's going to be okay! This is Princess Celestia we're talking about!" Spike called out to her, trying to comfort her as he packed her saddle. "We're going to back her up anyways, so she'll be extra okay."
"Spike! if you remember, it wasn't even Celestia that sent the letter- it was Luna!" She stops in her track, snapping suddenly.
"...Twi?"
The unicorn blinked, realizing she lost control of her tone for a moment. She needed to stay calm. "I'm sorry Spike... I'm just worried. I didn't mean to yell at you." Sighing, she sets her hoofs on a table, looking over all her books. "I'm... Just not used to not knowing what's going on I guess."
*BRAP*
In all her life, she never heard such a beautiful burp.
Twilight practically bounced over to spike, snatching the scroll before it even had the chance to hit the ground. "Please be good news, please be good news...
To my faithful student Twilight,
I apologize if the last letter frightened you, but I hope the evacuation is well underway. I do not wish for any of my subjects to be near Canterlot at the moment, and my sister and I currently relocating to the Crystal Kingdom; where we'll plan our counter attack on the monster that did this
I regret to inform you, in my attempt to take down Chrysalis myself, I have injured myself. Do not worry, what hurts the most at the moment is perhaps, my pride.
As always, I must rely on you and your friends. But I fear asking you to take down Chrysalis would be too much. She's turned into this monster, nearly completely unrecognizable. What I want from you Twilight, is to find out the source of this power, and nothing else. The elements are deep within the Palace, and it's completely surrounded.
Stay safe.
Twilight blinked, reading the letter over and over. What did this mean? Would there be a war? An actual full out war? There hasn't been a war in centuries! "Positives... One positive is that she's still alive..."
"Who's still alive?" came the blunt question from a familiar voice.
Twilight turned to greet Rainbowdash, who was soon followed into the room by the others. "The Princess Rainbow Dash, there was an attack on Canterlot."
"So you've kept telling us! I hope that letter has more information dear, we're all so worried sick!" Rarity said.
Twilight levitated the saddle onto her back, managing not to buckle under the weight. "Long story short, Queen Chrysalis returned and we're supposed to find the source of her power. The faster we leave, the better."
Spike reached down to his own sack- of which she quickly stepped on. "And Spike, you're going with the Mayor in the morning."
The small dragon was visibly upset by this. "What?! But why?"
"Because Spike, I need to count on you to send me messages of how the evacuation is going," She smiles kindly at him. "No one else can do it but you."
In truth, she was only doing it to keep him out of greater danger, and they both knew it. The baby dragon looked down at his feet, obviously debating on an argument, but in the end, muttered a disgruntled "Okay."
Twilight turned to the rest of the girls, standing straight. "We leave tonight girls. The faster we find the source, the faster we save Equestria."