"Princess ..." the warrior said, looking beyond with some dull eyes, "what happened here?"
The night mistress opened her mouth, then closed it, sighing and putting her thoughts in order, she tried to speak again.
"After the disappearance of the two of you, nothing was ever the same, all ponies that you knew and loved, simply surrendered to life," Luna said frowning, "Rainbow Dash never wanted to do stunts again, Pinkie Pie simply went depressed and Rarity lost her inspiration, after a while, they simply moved back to their usual routine, however the change was very noticeable to all of us."
"Sorry to interrupt, Princess, but what happened to Fluttershy?," Applejack said, ducking to enter the room, while watching all the other mares currently on the room.
"That's another mystery," Celestia said, moving closer to Twilight, and finally managing to put his head in the lap of the now altered mare, "When war broke out, we looked for all the other elements, but she was the only one that our forces could not find, in the end, we never knew what happened to the element of kindness, just ... disappeared. "
"Wait a sec," Applejack interrupted, quickly turning her head toward the alabaster alicorn, "you are telling me that at the time when the war started, you gave priority to the other elements?" the farmer continued, barely contained fury in the voice of the mare.
Despite the apparent danger, Celestia could not stop smiling, "Rainbow Dash said exactly the same thing at the time that was discharged from the Wonderbolts, however ..." Whatever the harbinger of the sun was saying were interrupted when a fist crashed into the side of her face, also being expelled from the bed, Celestia Invictus was splayed against the wall of the hospital while Applejack simply waved her hand, dispelling the pain of the titanic blow that had just inflicted upon her princess.
"APPLEJACK" Twilight yelled, then she clutched her ribs on pain, while extending her hand trying to contain the irate mare, "STAND DOWN!", however, the orange mare was walking slowly, gyrating her shoulders while approaching the raising mare, then she blinked, floating one meter above the ground in a light blue aura.
"While I am happy that finally we get clearance to come here" a sophisticated voice said from the door, "I could guess that the moment isn't the appropriate, right dearies?", at the time that Twilight could finally stop coughing after having been forced to try to stop his partner, the former librarian could focus on the other mares who were entering the room, unable to contain a small gasp of horror at seeing Pinkie Pie in a wheelchair, Applejack, on the other hand, could only watch, flabbergasted, how the previous hyper pony was looking at the scene developing in the hospital, her flat mane and tail being short to avoiding accidents with her "legs."
"What in tarnation happened to you, Pinkie?" Twilight said, tears in her eyes, while the party planner slowly turned towards the spartan in the bed.
"The war happened, Twilight..." Pinkie Pie said, looking towards the purple princess, a sad smile on her lips, and her eyes watering as well, a little grunt make all the mares shift their attention towards the indentation on the wall, and the white princess which was slowly picking herself up from the floor.
"Ouch" Rainbow said from her bed, "I guess that now there are two elements who had decked Celestia in the face," the speedster said, a knowing smirk in her lips, "oh, before I forget, Lulu, you owe me fifty bits." At the other elements surprise, Luna's cheeks tinted with a vivid rosy color, while she began to search on her mane for a coin purse, Twilight was analyzing her friends, from all the bunch, Rarity was the only one who was dressed, her impeccable white and gold robe signaling her as one of the magikorps, or maybe as one diplomat, the spartan wasn't sure, Rainbow Dash was on a bed near the door, with a cocky smile on her muzzle, while Pinkie was trying to make room while maneuvering her wheeling chair out of the way, suddenly, Twilight remembered something.
"Ok, I understand why I am on a bed, but why is Rainbow on a bed too?" the librarian said, tilting her head to one side.
"I can answer that, Warlock" Seed said, bursting from Applejack's helmet on the floor, "After she aggravated your injuries, she tried again to catch me, which ended with her colliding head first against one side of a scorpion tank, actually I am still trying to process how the tank now has a dent in the armor," the AI explained, while analyzing all the other occupants in the room.
"Okay, it is Rainbow Dash, that explains it, she has a head as hard as rocks." Applejack snorted, amused.
"Damn right I have... Heeey, wait a second!" the speedster said, only to catch the meaning behind the farmer's vocal barb.
Twilight on the other hand, could not stand the small snort and then, laughter escaped her lips, Applejack, meanwhile, was watching carefully, after several years, the cowgirl finally was seeing a genuine smile coming from the librarian.
"As much fun as it sounds, I think it is clear that Applejack just attacked royalty," Rainbow said, interrupting the touching scene, on the other hand, the joy that Twilight felt at this time broke like glass, turning quickly, she could only watch as Celestia approached the farmer, inflamed nose indicating at least one fracture, clearing her throat, and spitting a little blood clot, the ruler of Equestria simply sat on its haunches, and, looking to the now panicking farmer, she could only say, with a nasal voice.
"I had it coming."