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// Chapter 19: Break Up 
// Story: Lost 
// by MLPTMNTPegasister 
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The Shadow Plague attacked, running around the group in circles and creating a swirly purple and black twister. 
"Brace yourselves! I'm about to do something crazy!" Sundown yelled, readying his horn. 
"Whatever you do, keep my mane clean! I'm not in the mood for a dusty and dirty mane! You know how long it takes to.." Elusive started, but then was interrupted. 
"Shut it!!" screamed Scarlett. "Enough about your mane! The whole world is at risk right now, and the only thing you care about is mane maintenance?! You! Are! So! SELFISH!!" Scarlett hit Elusive in the muzzle, resulting in him hacking.
"Am not! I want to look good when we save the world! Is that too much to ask?" 
"YES!! All this journey, you've been complaining about how much you hate to mess your perfect hair up! Well guess what!" Scarlett ruffled up Elusive's untouched mane. "Life is full of disappointments! DEAL WITH IT!!" 
Elusive sniffed. He started to cry, not cry like scream, but cry like tears roll down your cheeks while your nose stuffs up. "Why?" Hummingbird asked. "Why'd you make him cry, Scarlett?" 
"Because he was being a jerk!" 
"Well, haven't you wanted to keep your hair nice once? To keep it, um, beautiful?" 
"Once I have. But that doesn't erase Elusive's behavior!" 
In the midst of the chaos, Sundown had lost his focus and stopped his burst of magic. They were unprotected. 
"Why are you taking that drama king's side?" Scarlett asked. 
"Because just like us, Elusive was trying to protect something he loves." Hummingbird answered. 
"I think Scarlett's right." Pizza stepped beside Scarlett. "Elusive is a drama king, and he was overreacting about his mane." 
"Sundown, Zach, Ruby, what do you think?" Scarlett asked. Nobody noticed the Plague charging at them, building up more power as it went faster. "Is Elusive a drama king or not?" 
"I don't want to fight." Sundown said. "I'm not gonna choose." 
"Me either," Zach said. " And Inferno says, 'Me neither.'" 
"No thanks, I can't choose sides." Ruby said.
Then, all went black.
"Guys, where are we?" Ruby asked. 
"Were in the dungeons under the Castle! Like my mom's first encounter with Chrysalis!" Sundown cried. 
"This is all your fault!" Scarlett turned to Elusive. 
"MY fault?! You're the one who made this whole fiasco and caused Sundown to lose focus!" Elusive screamed. 
"Guys, stop! Stop your fighting! You gotta be happy, happy.." Pizza sang. 
"SHUT IT!!" screamed the twins, and Pizza turned around and hmphed. 
"Guys..that wasn't nice. You should apologize to each other so we can figure things out." Hummingbird mumbled.
"I heard that! This doesn't concern you, so KEEP YOUR MOUTH LOCKED WITH A KEY!!" Scarlett stomped her hoof near Hummingbird's drooped wings. 
"Well, I'm sorry if I can't help wanting to fix things!" Hummingbird copied Pizza. 
"Well! Why don't you just turn around and buck us!" Zach yelled. "Why can't you, for once, not make a ruckus?!"
"You, too! Stay quiet!" Zach walked away, head held high. 
Sundown dare not pitch himself into the twins' fight. He wanted to solve their problem, but he needed time to think things through. 
So here they were, divided, mad, and with no way out. And with a leader who stayed quiet the whole time.