Cherilee stopped in front of a fruit stand. It was run by Granny Smith.
"Well, howdy there, Miss Cherilee." she said.
"Hey, Granny Smith. Where's Applejack?"
"Oh, she's off in them fields playin' with her friends."
"That's nice." said Cherilee. She looked down at the apples. One of the moved. "Uh, Granny Smith?"
"Yes, Miss Cherilee?"
"One of the apples moved."
"Well, that's just crazy talk." said Granny Smith.
Just then all of the apples shot out of the barrels and spun around in the air. All of the ponies walking by stopped and watched.
"Hey, look at those apples!" yelled Derpy. "They're dancing!" One of the apples flew towards her but she dodged it. "Hey!" yelled Derpy, looking back. "Watch it!"
Then one hit her in the back of the head.
"Somepony stop these crazy things!" yelled Cherilee, ducking under a nearby cart.
Just then Twilight and her friends appeared.
"We're too late." said Twilight. "We have to hurry."
"Granny Smith!" yelled Applejack. "What's going on with the... Oh." she said, remembering. "Right."
"Discord's been here." said Rainbow Dash. "He's getting closer to the castle.
"He sure is taking is sweet time." said Rarity.
"That's because he knows it's going to take us a while." said Twilight. Then an apple hit her on the head. "OW!" she yelled. "RUN!"
She and the others took off through the town. Food from all the shopping carts either exploded as the ran past or shot up into the sky.
"This is crazy!" yelled Cherilee.
"What's going--" asked Lyra, stepping out of a nearby building. She was interrupted when an apple exploded in her face. "Not cool, man." she said. "Not cool."
"I have an idea!" yelled Derpy.
She took off full speed towards the floating apples. One shot away from the group and Derpy followed it.
"I got you now." she said.
The apple shot up and Derpy slammed into a store sign. Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo arrived back in Ponyville to see chaos everywhere.
"We need to hurry." said Apple Bloom. "He's already been here."
"Apple Bloom?" asked Cherilee. "Girls? What are you doing?"
"We need to warn the princesses." said Sweetie Belle.
"Good idea." said Cherilee. "I'm coming with you."
The four of them headed towards the train station.
"I'm coming, too." said Lyra, following them.
Derpy sat up and shook her head. "Me, too."