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// The uprising! 
// Story: For Retaliation and Judgement 
// by TheChroniclerPrincess 
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                                                                    Chapter 2: The Uprising!



"Twilight! What in tarnation is goin' on 'round here?" Applejack asked as Twilight paced back and forth. There was nothing but the sound of screams and cries coming from outside Twilight's library, as well as the rest of Ponyville. "Your guess is about as good as mine right now! I honestly have no idea why everypony is losing their minds!" The rioting in Ponyville had started a little while after noon time while Twilight and her friends were enjoying lunch in the library while telling funny stories. 

"I haven't seen anything this crazy since Trixie was last here!" Rainbowdash yelled loudly, trying to speak over the hoards of angry ponies. Rarity was sitting calmly while sipping her lemonade. "I simply cannot imagine why everypony would just simply decide to form a tacky mob for what seems to be no reason at all." She took another sip of lemonade. "Yeah! especially when ponies aren't forming a giant mob to PAAAAAAR-TAY!!!" Pinkie Pie replied. " I just hope nopony gets hurt." Fluttershy said while burying her face into a nearby blanket. 

"I cant take this anymore!" Twilight finally screamed. "I am going to go out there and find out why everypony is going crazy!" Rainbowdash quickly flew in front of Twilight with her front hooves out in front of her to block Twilight's path. "You can't go out there Twilght! You might get eaten alive!" Pinkie interrupted Rainbowdash's crazy assumption. "Or they might ransack your refrigerator and steal all of your ice cream!" Everypony in the room stared blankly at Pinke Pie and then shook their heads. "Oh please!" Twilight continued, "It's probably just some prank that Discord pulled or something like that. There's no way that this can be that serious. Now I'm going out there and asking what's going on."

Twilight hesitantly pressed her hoof on the wood of her front door and began to slowly push it open. It seemed as though everypony sensed what she was doing and immediately bagan to rush toward her with anger burning in their eyes. Unicorns levitated pitchforks and all other manner of weaponry, while pegasai and earth ponies shook their hooves in rage. Twilight pulled her door in closer but did not fully close it. She was mostly trying to protect herself and her friends. "What in the wide world of Equestria is going on here?!" shouted Twilight at the top of her lungs. Several voices came from the angry mob that was inching toward her tree home.

"You're sick Twilight! How could you have been a student to that monster?!" Twilight was extremely shocked and terrified to hear this. She wondered why anypony would ever have any kind of hate toward her kind and loving mentor. Another voice emerged. "I can't believe that we all just sat here and believed her lies for so long after what she did!" The mob started to get too close for comfort, so Twilight used her magic to slam the door and lock it before they attacked or something. "What was that about Twilight?!" asked Applejack as she stood up. "I don't know" Twilight whispered. She bagan to shed tears and fell upon the floor weeping heavily. Her friends immediately got up and trotted over to comfort their sorrowful friend.

Twilight was absolutely shocked at what she had just seen and heard. She couldn't help but to feel a glint of joy as she felt the warming embrace of her pony friends. "Please don't cry Twilight." Fluttershy said while rubbing her head against Twilight's. "All of us are here for you." Twilight steadily rose to her hooves once more. "I can't believe that anypony would ever think this way of the Princess." She wiped a few tears from her still crying eyes. "And if they are this mad at me, I worry for what they might try to do to the princess." There were no more words as they all shared a big hug, but it didn't look like any of them were going anywhere for the time being.

Twilight hoped that whatever Equestria was planning to do, Princess Celestia would be able to take care of herself.