The group arrived back in Ponyville. The fire from the train was starting to spread. Pinkie stood in front of Sugarcube Corner. It was ablaze, causing Pinkie to have to shield her eyes. The roof caved in and crumbled. Pinkie sat down and started to cry. Rainbow Dash stood next to her.
"I'm sorry, Pinkie." she said sympathetically.
"It was my home." cried Pinkie. "Where will I go?"
Twilight and Spike stood in front of the Library.
"Our home." she said. "All those books. It's all gone."
Fluttershy ran to her home and stood at what was left of the bridge. Her home was on fire, too. The forest around her home had burnt down. All that was left was dirt, ash, and rubble.
"No." she cried softly. "It's all... GONE!"
She knelt down and cried. Lyra saw her as she was walking by.
"Fluttershy?" asked Lyra. She knelt down next to Fluttershy. "You okay?" she asked, sympathetically.
"All the animals..." said Fluttershy. "Where will they go?"
Lyra put put a hoof around Fluttershy and held her close.
"We'll get through this." she said. "We just have to be strong."
Fluttershy cried and Lyra cried with her.
Derpy slowly flew through the streets of Ponyville, looking around at all the damage. She then stopped and sat down. Rarity came over to check on her.
"Derpy?" she asked.
Derpy sniffed and wiped a tear away. "Yeah?"
"How you feeling?"
"Not good." said Derpy. "Not good at all."
"Just hang in there." said Rarity. "We'll do all right."
"I never imagined this would happen." said Derpy, wiping away another tear. "It's just so hard."
Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon stood in front of their school. Cherilee, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo joined them.
"This is terrible." said Cherilee.
"I've never seen so much destruction." said Silver Spoon.
"This is, like, unbearable." said Diamond Tiara. A tear formed in her eye. "I just want it to be, like... OVER!"
"It's okay, Diamond Tiara." said Sweetie Belle. "If we work together, we can overcome anything."
"Why are you being nice to me?"
"Because it looks like you could use a friend right now."
Diamond Tiara gave Apple Bloom a thankful smile.
Applejack stood at the edge of Ponyville, looking down the path that led to Sweet Apple Acres. She could see the barns burning in the distance.
Celestia stood in the center of town and looked around. Twilight stood next to her.
"Can you fix this. Princess?" she asked.
"I'm afraid not, Twilight." said Celestia. "I'll need to combine my powers with that of my sister's but..." She hung her head and sighed. "But that's not going to happen now."
"Don't worry, Princess. We'll stop Discord and save Luna."
"I appreciate your optimism," said Celestia. "but it's not as easy as that."
"What do you mean?" asked Twilight. "We've defeated her before."
"But you've never fought her at her full strength before." said Celestia. "And we can't even get inside the castle to get the Elements Of Harmony."
"So, what should we do?"
"We'll move to another town and set up a base. Let the others know."
"You got it, Princess." said Twilight, heading off to spread the news.
Celestia looked up at the castle. Dark clouds hung in the sky and thunder boomed overhead.
"I will save you, sister. I give you my word."