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// Crisis in Ponyville 
// Story: Scootaloo's Sister 
// by TimeLord_Whooves 
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It was a calm, warm day in Ponyville.   The birds were singing their carefree songs; the chatter of ponies talking to one another littered the background.  The sky was clear with a few stray clouds wandering the sky and the sun was nearing the top of it.
Out of nowhere, there came a loud, earthshaking roar.  The dragons were coming through for their annual migration.  Everypony was inside, hiding, waiting for the dragons to pass over, hoping that they left Ponyville peacefully.  The bravest ponies were watching out of their windows, keeping a close eye and waiting to see the end of the migration.
Twilight and the gang were waiting tentatively, making sure that none of the dragons came to cause trouble for anypony.  They were ready to defend their home if need be.  With any luck they wouldn’t have to do anything.
The end of the herd was in sight and Twilight let out a sigh, “It looks like we got lucky this year.”
No sooner than she had finished her sentence, there came shrieks of ponies running in fear.  One of the dragons had broken away from the herd and snuck into Ponyville without anypony noticing.
“Come on girls,” Twilight ordered the others, “We’ve got to protect all those ponies!”
The dragon roared and watched as all the ponies before him ran and shrieked in terror, he laughed at their behavior.  'It's a lot of fun to terrorize ponies', he thought to himself as he grinned.  To cause more panic, he raised his head and belched out long stream of fire down the street, catching many of the houses on fire.
“We’ve got to hurry,” shouted Twilight, “someone put out the fires.”
In response, Rainbow Dash broke away from the group and started flying in circles over the houses that had caught fire, creating small tornadoes that snuffed out the fires.  When the last fire dwindled to nothing she rejoined her friends.  The dragon was displeased that they put out his beautiful flames, he turned his attention to the ponies running down the street at him and roared again.
“Quickly, let’s teach this dragon a lesson!”  yelled Applejack.
The dragon raised his tail and swung it at them.  They were all able to dodge it except Rarity, who got sent flying.
“Rarity!”  Yelled Twilight stunned.  “Fluttershy, go make sure she’s all right.”
“Right.” She replied and she flew off to go check on Rarity.
The dragon was pleased that he had caused them to separate, even if it was only the two.  He swiped at Rainbow Dash with a heavy claw and roared.  She managed to dodge it but he had caught the nearby house which crumbled to the ground, its roof sent flying.
“We have to get it out of town,” Yelled Rainbow Dash.  “Some innocent ponies might get hit!”
The dragon raised his tail again and swung it down swiftly onto the street, causing the ground to shake.  Twilight and Applejack managed to get out of the way but Pinkie Pie’s leg got caught under the tail.  She cried out in pain.
“Pinky,” shouted Twilight.  She was starting to panic as she worried for her friends.  “Somepony get her out of there!”
Rainbow Dash attempted to swoop down and grab Pinkie off of the street but another claw forced her to fly in the opposite direction.  Applejack took the chance and ran to Pinky, dragging her off the street and laying her out on a cart of hay.  “It’s okay Pinkie,” she said reassuringly, “I got you.”
Applejack wheeled the cart around and ran off with it in the direction of the hospital, Pinkie moaning in pain on the soft hay.
“We’ve got to do something,” Yelled Rainbow Dash, “He’s taking us out way too fast!”
A claw came at her swiftly, hitting her right side hard.  She flew out of sight and the dragon laughed, there was only one pony left.  Twilight watched in shock as Rainbow spun out of sight.  Fluttershy came flying back and gasped to see only Twilight standing there.  “Twilight, where are the others?” she asked searching the street with her eyes.
“Fluttershy quick, Rainbow Dash just got sent flying in that direction, you have to get to her quickly.”  Twilight demanded, pointing in the direction of the unconscious cyan pegasus.
“On my way.”  She said as she flew off after Rainbow.
“Okay,” Twilight said to the dragon, regaining herself as she narrowed her eyes, “It’s just you and me.”
The dragon laughed again, what could one little pony do?  He took another swipe at her but she teleported out of the way.  The dragon stood there confused.  Without realizing what was happening, he was in the air, he looked around in shock.  In the corner of his eye, Twilight stood concentrating as hard as she could.  Her hooves were digging into the street with the strain of lifting up the huge dragon, the aura around her horn glowing ferociously.  
“You should know better,” she said straining, “Than to hurt my friends!”
She yelled as she sent the dragon flying and brought it hard onto the ground leaving a crater just outside of town.  The strain of lifting the heavy dragon was too much for her.  Her sight getting darker; she fainted.  The dragon flew off, he didn’t see Twilight faint and he was afraid of the pony with so much power.
The ponies came running out of their houses, yelling and whooping with glee.  They all gathered around the fainted pony in the middle of the street.  The last thing she saw was Fluttershy coming down and picking her up.  “It’s okay,” she said quietly, “I already got Rainbow to the hospital, I got you now.”
Everypony was celebrating below, the streets filled with jubilant ponies.  Fluttershy hurried over to the hospital.  The others were there already, Applejack waiting by their beds.  Twilight was brought in with Fluttershy cantering in behind her.  “What happened?” asked Applejack worriedly.
“She got rid of the dragon but she fainted,” replied Fluttershy softly, “It’s not that surprising, I mean she had to face it alone.”
The nurses looked Twilight over and told the two worried ponies that she just needed rest, the others however had more severe injuries.  Rarity’s front legs were both broken, Pinkie's leg which had been caught under the dragon's tail was shattered, and Rainbow Dash's right wing and hind leg was broken.  They were going to have to stay in the hospital for a while.
Applejack and Fluttershy gave their friends sad looks and they were shooed out of the room, “They need their rest.” said the nurse.
As the two left the hospital, Mayor Mare came up to them.  “We can’t thank you all enough for getting rid of that pesky dragon.  We shall hold a ceremony in your honor, when everypony is healthy enough to attend of course.” she told them happily.  Then her tone dropped, “I know that they got hurt quite badly, but what about you, are you two going to be alright?”
“We’ll be fine, but we’ll feel better when they are all alright,” replied Applejack, a tear falling from her eye.
“It’s hard to see them so beat up.” said Fluttershy quietly.
They left the mayor there with a sad look on her face, but they were tired, they needed to get some rest to so they went home.