About twenty feet away from the gates of Appleloosa, Torrential suddenly came to a halt as he head sharply turned towards the North-east. 

A lot of power was being used by his fellow Alicorns, but whom exactly it was that was doing it was next to impossible to tell; the signals were too far away and appeared to be interfering with each other to much to get a firm idea of who was involved. However, if he squinted just right he could swear that he could see some kind of bright light on the horizon... 

It was at this point that the boom had reached Appleloosa, a firm second to light once again. Distance must had softened the impact a great deal, but still a loud but single clap of thunder roared past the city. Considering that the night sky was clear of clouds, it truly did seem to come out of nowhere. It was certainly enough to make the residents of the Earthborn capital jump a little in confusion. 

Even from the distance he was at, Torrential could hear the discussion between the guards at the gate as they stared off towards where the strange light had come from. It wasn't really much of a conversation to listen to, since all it seemed to be was a series of 'What the fuck was that?'' and 'No idea', but the hooded and cloaked alicorn couldn't exactly fault them for it; one or more alicorns had just unleashed their full power to wipe something off of the face of the world, alongside anything that most likely was under it and over it as well. 

Shaking his head a little to put whatever surprise and concern for his brother or sister that suddenly felt the need to reshape the world, Torrential proceeded towards the gates. Glancing between the different guards, his eyes landed on the one female Pegasus that was among the ground. Walking towards her, he cleared his throat in an attempt to get her attention politely. Considering that her eyes remained on the horizon, it quickly became clear that he had failed to do this. 

Sighing a little, the alicorn rose his hoof and lightly tapped her on the shoulder. The physically touch broke the spell over her, bringing her attention to him at last with a look of surprise and slight embarrassment. "Oh sorry..." Shaking her head to get it together, she seemed to narrow her eyes in thought as she started to ask "Hey, don't I know you from..." before catching herself and forcing herself into a more professional mindset. "Nevermind. Name?"

"Torrential Waters." Torrential answered without a hitch, offering the mare a small, encouraging smile as he let her do her job.

"Your business in Appleloosa?" 

"I seek to make and attend an appointment with Ms Applejack."

The guard mare seemed to be slightly taken aback by this answer. Clearly it wasn't one that came up all that often. "In relation to what?" She asked, clearly defaulting to a prepared list of questions that needed to be asked.

"In relation to a couple of things, the primary being about the rumors of alicorns that seem to be appearing out of the woodwork." He answered with that same, encouraging smile that betrayed nothing else. The winged guards mare blinked a little before clearly considering a couple of things before nodding her head and moving to press a button in a small guard station. With a slight buzzing sound ringing out for a moment, the gates slowly started to open. 

"Do you need any help finding the Halls of Stone?" The mare asked, feeling the need to help out someone who she felt she had met before. Once Torrential nodded his head, she gave him a series of directions that would take him to the Halls of Stone, noting that at this hour they would be closed to all but the most vital of messages.
 
Nodding his head in understanding and giving the guard pony a warm and heartfelt "Thank you." The hat wearing, cloaked Torrential walked into the city of Appleloosa with the gate closing behind him quickly enough. Following the directions that he had been given through the maze like streets, Torrential soon found himself sitting himself down and resting against the wall of a courtyard in front of a large, very important looking building. He wasn't in a hurry and thus decided to take the chance to have a bit of a nap while he waited for dawn to rise.