Rainbow Dash turned on a dime, looking at her friend directly. "What do you mean, bad news? What's going on?" Ponies flowed by them as they trotted up the gleaming marble steps to the Royal Palace, each and every one dressed in exquisite finery and noblewear, the colors bright and piercing in the afternoon sun. Twilight had pulled her off to the side a little ways once they’d reached the top of the wide, shallow stairway.