"A tornado? Those only appear when wemake them!" Rainbow Dash looked furtively up at the advancing cloud layer "Even then they're just maintenance to get water up to Cloudsdale or something." It would be only minutes before the twister touched the town. It would be only minutes before everypony would be enveloped in a thick woolen blanket of panic, blocking out any other feeling.
"I've only read about them. My book said that they only appear in another dimension!" Twilight glanced over to Dash, who was staring at her dumbfounded.
"Another dimension? You expect me to believe that when there is on apparently right in front of us?!"
"Yes! We have to warn everypony before it's too late! They have to get in their basements, stay away from anything metal-" Twilight was cut of by a bolt of lightning slicing right by the green pegasus who escorted them to this place. There was the smell of burning hair and flash and a scream of agony that was a mere second before she plummeted to the ground, wings held tightly against her body.
"Why are we still up here!? It's on top of us! Get on the ground!" Dash had to yell now to be heard over the wind tearing its way through.
"What about that other pony? Getting hit by lightning can be deadly!"
Without a moment's hesitation, Rainbow Dash held her wings close to herself and dived down to the ground below, unable to be seen through the torrential rain. Twilight followed, praying to Celestia for the pony's safety.
"She's okay!" Twi heard Rainbow Dash call out as she landed choppily. All of the dirt was now thick, deep mud, making it difficult to walk properly. "Just dazed and scratched up."
"Is there anyway we can bring her with us to whatever shelter we can find?"
"Rarity's place is the closest home of a friend. If we have the time we should try to get there." Rainbow offered a hoof to help the pegasus get up. She winced in pain a few times but made it into a standing position, casting a small grin at them to say she was all right.
"We'd have to get there quick. Come on, can you gallop?"
"I'll try. If I fall behind, don't wait. I'll find a place around here." the pegasus dipped her head.
Twilight started to run the best she could through the mud and looked back. The pegasus was following her, but the same could'nt be said for Rainbow Dash. The mare was staring straight ahead of them, unlike Twilight who was focused entirely on the ground, trying to find the cobbled path.
"T-twi..." she lifted a hoof and pointed towards the direction they were going. An enormous funnel cloud was descending rapidly down upon the town, already tearing the roofs off of buildings. "It's heading right for Rarity!"
"Then run! We have to warn her and get her out of there!"
Little did the ponies know, the were already too late to save the youngest member of the unicorn's family, there was nothing they could do, no amount of magic, flight, or hope could reverse their fates. They were all destined to be torn apart by the oncoming disaster.