"I came as soon as I could," Rainbow said, materialising in the forest and ducking out of the way of a severed limb being propelled her way.
"Good." Luna brought her axe down on the tangle of arms and claws she kept pinned beneath her hooves, putting a definitive stop to its writhing. "This place has been in a frenzy since the step."
"So it's finally time to kick ass, yeah?" Rainbow donned her silver armour alongside one of her smuggest grins, and a silver sword appeared floating beside her.
Luna gave something between a sigh of resignation and an amused chuckle. "You could put it that way, I suppose." She turned, slicing the shadowy spider tiger amalgam that had been pouncing towards her in half. "Don't get too carried away, or wander too far into the forest. I need someone to ensure none of the smaller creatures escape while I'm occupied with the bigger ones."
"I can help you with them too," Rainbow offered. "Don't leave me out of the fun."
"Rainbow Dash." Luna looked back towards the pegasus. "You're smarter than this. I'll call you if I feel I need your help, otherwise I want you to stay and patrol the outskirts."
Rainbow looked like she was going to answer for a split second, then the motion of her neck and face turned into a slow deep breath, and her expression grew serious. "Yes Ma'am!" she said with a salute.
Luna smiled. "Very well," she said as she turned, then she spread her wings and took flight towards the deeper reaches of the forest.
Applejack had to bite down on a piece of rope to stop her teeth from clacking against each other. Unfortunately, it did little to help with the shaking in her limbs and torso, but she still forced herself carry on with her work. She was in no condition to do any task requiring some level of precision, and she knew that, but she could still deal with anything more labour intensive and less skill testing.
And maybe it would warm her up, too. Even if the weather wasn't cold enough for it to feel as cold as it did, and even if she could tell it wasn't coming from outside. Maybe it would still help. She was afraid it would get to her if she lay down to rest.
Besides all that, there was work to be done, and someone had to do it. It needed to be done quickly, too, the buildings had to be fixed properly before they broke further. There didn't seem to be anything too bad in terms of damage, but that was no reason to leave what was there unattended. At least no one would blame her for wanting to get things done fast, and if she was lucky enough everyone would be too busy helping around to notice anything off about her, and it would be gone by the time things were finished. She hoped it would be, at least.