It had been some huge fighting, I can tell you. Fighting evil Celestia – Twilight doesn't like that name, but I think it's awesome – had been a pain in the back. After my wing had been taken out by these damn Timberwolves, I had not even been able to stand upright and help with the way home. Out of nothing came the evil Celestia, trying to kill that mare, Dream Whisper. It had been hard enough coming to Ponyville, but then also using the Elements of Harmony had completely exhausted me. We defeated her with a big bang and she was returned to normal again.
Luckily, some other ponies came to help us, when we needed to get to the hospital. Inside the hospital, they tried to fix the wounds as good as they could. After that, we had this crazy discussion: Should we do something about the 'threat'. At that point, I had just been happy surviving the second attack of the same day and Twilight Sparkle already wanted to go hunting again.
“Girls, we need to do something right now!”
I did not agree with the 'right now' part, but I didn't agree with Applejack either, who had the opinion to just do nothing about it.
I tried to defend Twilight, but wasn't really able to argue all that much. In the end Fluttershy thankfully stopped the argue. Then, it got really crazy. Dream Whisper came around, obviously she had just woken up from the anesthetic. Then, she collapsed right there on the floor, asking for help. She was lying there for a couple of minutes, and when she woke up again, her expression had changed to a painful grimace.
After that, smoke literally came out of her body. Suddenly, an explosion happened somewhere to our right. I was knocked off my feet and fell right onto my wounded wing, which was not helping my pain. After a heartbeat of complete silence and without movement, everything became chaotic. Everypony ran towards the exit as good as they could. Looking at my friends, I realized, that nopony had been hurt, luckily. Applejack yelled something, but was only slightly louder than the sound of screams mixed with the sound of hooves clapping on floor.
“We need to help the ponies, who can't run for themselves.”
Another explosion shattered, this time much further up the hallway. The smoke started to fill the room, and we ran out and searched for other ponies in need of help.
I went into the next best room and looked for anypony, who would need help. There was more than just one pony needing my help. I helped up an Unicorn with heavy bandages all over her body. It was hard enough to suppress the pain of my wounds, but the explosions from time to time made it even worse. Suddenly the ceiling in front of me just collapsed. I looked around: Most ponies had already galloped away, only badly wounded ponies were left. After a couple of heartbeats Applejack also came by, carrying two earthponies on her back. When she saw the collapsed ceiling, she turned around. Another explosion, right inside the hallway.
For a heartbeat everything was just bright, then dark. I was now actually lying on the ground, without recognizing to have fallen.
i]“Going back there would be suicide!”
Applejack also yelled something, but it was only hardly understandable.
“Did... see... happened?”
A muffled voice pierced throught the debree.
“Applejack, Rainbow Dash, are you still in there?”
It was Twilight. Everything went so incredibly fast, almost as if it had been sped up by some mysterious spell.
“Yes, but we are trapped in here.”
“Don't worry, we are going to get you out of there.”
I could hear the noise of digging through the debris. Suddenly she screamed:
“What...”
The debris busted in our direction. Twilight came flying through the opened gap with incredible speed. Without hesitating, I dropped the unicorn gently and flew over to her.
“It's all her.” she repeatedly yelled. “It's all her.”
Applejack was slightly faster with asking than me. “Who?!”
Twilight Sparkle was confused for a heartbeat, then answered:
“Dream Whisper. We have to...”
The sound of another explosion interrupted her. I saw Dream Whisper just sneaking into a room in the other hallway.
“I think I know where she is.” I pointed at the room. Twilight Sparkle did not waste any time. She just ran in there, without even waiting for us. We followed her, not quite sure what had happened. A lot of explosions, for sure, but what was the reason? Had Dream Whisper just become insane? Or was there another reason?
Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Fluttershy were also coming from the other side. When Twilight entered the room, she screamed:
“Dream Whisper. You have...”
Another explosion, which knocked me down, right before entering the room myself. After getting up, I stumbled through the door. There I saw it:
A giant shadow, right behind Dream Whisper. She looked at a point somewhere behind us, her face without expression. We grouped up and from somewhere Twilight acquired the Elements of Harmony. Since we had used them earlier this day, she still had them with her.
We activated the Elements of Harmony; It feels as if I am alone with them, with my friends. Just us. All the memories of our friendship flooding through my brain. The last minutes, hours, days, weeks, years.
The weakness came back instantaneously. I saw the rainbow-colored stream of energy go up to through the ceiling, just to come through it again to crush down onto the shadow. Dream Whisper shook her head, looked at us, at the rainbow, at her feet, which were already covered in stone, back to Twilight. With the expression of confusion she was encased in stone. We had not wanted for this loss to happen, but what happened had happened. It was irreversible, even Twilight knew that. There was no way to get her back. She was gone now. How should we stop this all? There was one thought, that repeated in my mind:
How could we stop this all from ever happening again?