In the middle of the storm, three figures were circling each other; their laughter was like grinding metal.
“Three times the cat cried, four times the hedgehog whined!”
They screamed into the night. Then in a flash of fire and smoke Trixie appeared ‘outta nowhere.’ The Great and Powerful magician made her appearance look as good as possible in the middle of the night. She looked down to the shrivelled bodies of her followers.
“Good job ladies, now the cauldron is ready to sing.”
Then Twilight came in to the field.
“What are you ponies doing?” She shouted into the wind, as the storm was getting stronger.
The Apples were not answering her; they were too busy screaming into the cauldron. The storm getting ever stronger couldn’t hold it, a bolt of lightning struck the cauldron. When the smoke cleared it revealed three much younger ponies.
“Sorry 'bout that, we only do this every fifty years. Anyway, say what you want to speak, and we will answer”
Twilight demanded them for more prophecies, the Apples laughed shrilly and then spoke as one.
“Twilight beware of Flash Sentry, no pony born of a mare will harm you” and “beware of trees for they are woody and have splinters”
Twilight laughs, how stupid these thing these crazy ladies say, everypony is born through a mare, Flash Sentry is not a problem and trees aren’t scary. In a sudden flash the Apples were gone.
Then came up Rarity, she came to give Twilight a message, Twilight saw her and waved her over.
“Did you see any crazy old ladies just then?”
Rarity muttered something about her mother being a crazy old lady, but not anyone today.
“I have some news my princess” Rarity continued “it appears Flash has fled to Crystal Empire”
Twilight laughed off the news “Good riddance I say, better that traitor leave then be around here!”
When Rarity left, Twilight had a plan.
"I will go to his castle at five, no fifi, no fith ah that’s right Fife, yes I will go there and give a surprise gift. A very sharp blade."
~
Mrs Sentry was in the sitting room when she heard the news.
“What! He left for Crystal Empire? That idiot, what does he think he is doing? Here I am raising a family and what do I get? A husband who flees at the first sign of trouble, he is just, so, so-!”
At this point she was throwing furniture around then her son intervened.
“Mother please by careful, that chair was made by me remember” (he always had priorities).
It was Flash Sentry’s cousin, Ross, that finally calmed the mare down.
”You don’t know what’s on the pony’s mind, I think he made the smart choice”
Mrs Sentry snorted at the word smart.
“Smart? that silly foal has not one piece of smarts! Did you know that when he proposed to me, he forgot my name? He probably thinks that walking into Mordor is a good idea! Smart? Ha!”
She kept talking about stupid things her husband had done. Ross had other things on his mind.
“Anyway I’ve got to go. Not that anything is happening, it’s just this might look bad.” He looks at the scrawny runt of the boy. “See you later.”
He walked out.
The young boy asked his mother if she could fix his chair, Mrs Sentry ranted on about how chairs don’t grow on trees, and then her son reminded her that the wood from the chair actually does grow from a tree. Then a masked pony walked into the room.
“helloooo, I came here to find your husband do you know where he is?”
He sat down on the half broken chair, which, of course, broke even more and Flash’s son snapped like a twig.
“You broke it, you will DIE!”
He threw a piece of wood at the creeps face it fell short and hit his boot. The stranger laughed, lunged at the boy stabbing him. He cried like a girl for about two minutes. The Murderer looked at the boy and kicked him in the stomach to silence him. Looking around he realised that the Lady ran off, then he hears a scream and a thud, his friend downstairs had found her.
~
Luna and Flash Sentry were at a bar in Crystal Empire talking about the problem with Twilight. Luna stated how the country is going to the pit, and that Twilight is to pay. Flash Sentry asked for a solution, the answer given was to storm the castle. Then his cousin Ross arrived back from Equestria and looked tired and battered.
“Ah, Ross my cousin, how are my children and... What’s her name… Mrs Sentry?”
Ross looked troubled he thought for the moment and replied
“last I saw them, they were fine, last I heard they, um, weren’t as good”
Flash Sentry didn’t quite understand, so he asked if Ross would explain. Luna tried to change the subject but Flash wanted to hear it all. Afterwards Flash was just sitting at the bar with a half empty ale at hand, just staring at the bench. Luna confronted him and told him to take it like a pony, in the nuts. He downed the rest of his drink.
“Twilight took away my family, now I will take away her crown.”