"Uh-huh, yes," Celestia whispers, her phone pressed firmly against her ear: "No, don't tell me now. Yes, we are being watched. Right, you take care. Bye."
In the corner of her office, a blue, murky shadow lingers. In the blink of an eye it's gone. Despite looking like a crude 3D projection, the shadow is a stand. But who could it be? It's Friday afternoon, and there's only a few still on campus. Perhaps, checking surveillance camera may reveal the secret. Celestia then turned her attention to a computer screen: Ok, this will do for now. First, let check the library...Is that...Twilight? What is she doing here? The stand is here! It's walking towards...Trixie? It's Trixie? But why? Trixie...Twilight...
My little pony, my little pony...
The sound of her ringtone almost sent Celestia through the roof. It's the admission's office. Celestia takes a deep breath and picked up the phone: "Hello? What? New students next week? But we DO NOT accept transfer mid-semester and right before the music showcase! What? Why would the school board get involved in this? Agh, fine, their names? "
"So we are being watch?" Applejack frowned: "By who?"
"I don't know," Sunset sighed, putting her phone away: "So everybody but Fluttershy replied?"
"Yep," Applejack says as they pull up next to the Shy household.
"Alright," Sunset jumps off of the pickup truck: "Let's go in then."
"FLUTTERSHY!" Applejack shouts before slamming the car door shut behind her: "I AM HERE! JUST WANT TO CHECK IF EVERYTHING IS OK!"
"Maybe we should knock first?" Sunset comments, messaging her ears.
"Doorbell's broke," Applejack shrugs: "Besides, she's probably taking a nap now and won't hear us knocking."
"Yeah, maybe we should try a different approach." Sunset says, reaching into her pocket.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Applejack takes her hat off: "Shy's a light sleeper. She'd normally wake up after that. Something maybe wrong."
"Wait a minute..." Sunset says, still searching in her pocket: "Just a sec...Find it!" Sunset takes out a hairpin. Almost at the same moment, Applejack kicked down the door.
"Let's go." Applejack kick the wreckage aside as Sunset froze in place.
"I was gonna pick the lock!" Sunset's jaw hang low.
"I thought you were gonna kick down the door!" Applejack sighed: "Anyway, let's just go in."
"Fluttershy's gonna be so mad..."
"Fluttershy?" The door to Fluttershy's bedroom is half open: "It's Applejack! I'm coming in!"
""I thought Fluttershy was a light sleeper?" Sunset follows Applejack into Fluttershy's room: "Maybe she's not at home?"
"Well," Applejack freezes in place, her eyes open wide: "She is..."
"What? Oh..." Sunset looks past Applejack's larger frame: "Is that...her stand?"
"It looks like a stick-bug!" Applejack whispers: "Should we wake her up?"
"A stick bug with six human arms and a bucket head with six eyes!" Sunset adds: "Yeah, we should."
"Fluttershy," Applejack tiptoed towards Fluttershy's bed: "Hello? Hey..."
"Applejack?" Sunset murmured as Applejack was sent flying before crushing into the wall behind. The stand, one arm still in a midair, now turns its attention to Sunset. Judging from the blood and teeth shards on the ground, the thing punched Applejack on the face, sending the cowgirl flying. "Applejack?" Sunset calls out: "It's Fluttershy's stand! I think it has gone berserk!"
"Horse apples..." Applejack wheezes as Fluttershy's giant closet crumbles into pieces: "Thank heavens I can transfer damage..."
"Applejack!" Sunset dare not looking back as Fluttershy's stand fixate on her: "Are you ok?"
"Need a dentist now," Applejack adjusts her hat: "Well, so we can't just rush it. That would hurt Fluttershy, right?"
"No, but I have an idea," Sunset explains as a drop of sweat drips down her chain: "The blinds are shut, so I can't do anything. If we have a source of light..."
"GO!" Before Sunset finishes the sentence, Applejack turns on the flashlight on phone: "I will..."
The light was out again. With it, comes Applejack's groan of pain. The stand swiftly moved past Sunset, crushed Applejack's phone alone with her hand.
"APPLEJACK!" Sunset cried out as the stand throw Applejack out of the bedroom window. Clam down, Sunset takes a deep breath as sunlight shine upon her: I must stay calm.... Faster than her thought, however, is the sensation of crushing pain shooting up from her ribcage. Sunset looks down, her brain still registering the situation as two giant fists pounds on her torso. With four more fists still on the way, Sunset fall on her rump. It's over, Sunset thinks: I didn't expect it to end like this...Yet, the fists slows down as the world around seems to change in color.
"What..." Sunset looks around as Fluttershy's stand moves almost in slow motion: Light has slowed down! But I wasn't doing it? Who... Sunset looks behind: a tall, slim humanoid figure with dark yellow and red strips covering its body. Its head is in the shape of an ancient greek helmet, but there are non openings for eyes, nose or mouth. This is my stand! Sunset's eyes open wide before looking back at Fluttershy's: It's still moving in slow motion...How much did I slow down light? It hurt so much, I can't keep this up...Sunset coughed up a mouthful of blood as a piece of pink crystal catches her attention. Something inside tells her to toss it at Fluttershy. Well, what's the harm?
"Walking on Sunshine, that will be your name..." Sunset reaches out to the crystal. Following its owner's command, Walking on Sunshine picks it up. However, a sharp pain almost paralyzed her hand as the hand of Sunset's stand start cracking. With the last of her strength, Sunset commends her stand to toss the crystal at Fluttershy. As the crystal bearing the the symbol of three butterfly lands on Fluttershy, four mighty fists lands on Sunset's back. The last Sunset heard before passing out is Fluttershy's scream of terror.