Beginning the quest

This is how Beginning the quest goes in My Little Pony Ninjago: The Movie.

[We dissolve to a gently rippling expanse of water and tilt up slowly to frame a placid riverbend far downstream of the mountaintop city. The sky here has not been polluted by Iron Baron's flotilla. Applejack’s hat drifts lazily into view around a half-submerged boulder and is nipped up by its owner in close-up. Standing at the water’s edge, she flips the sodden article back onto her head; behind her, the sixteen escapees have gathered under a gnarled tree to catch their breath. Twilight stands alone, gazing morosely across the river. By the end of the following exchange, Applejack’s hat is dry again]

Applejack: Everypony okay?

[She turns to them; zoom in slowly past these six toward Twilight]

Rarity: [woozily] I think my bottom’s on backward.

Pinkie Pie: We just got our cupcakes handed to us by the worst party-crasher ever!

Rainbow Dash: I gotta go back there and fight!

Kai: No way, Rainbow. It's not safe.

Spike: You saw the size of those goons. Do you seriously want to go back?

Applejack: So now what? We can’t hide here forever. And let’s be honest. We can’t go back. Look at what Iron Baron almost did to the Princesses. We’ve gotta keep them from harm.

[Princess Celestia looks up in dismay]

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