 Cheerilee walks her students through Canterlot 's sculpture garden , where she shows her class a strange statue of a chimera @-@ like creature known as a draconequus , a creature that represents discord and a lack of harmony . The Cutie Mark Crusaders – Sweetie Belle , Apple Bloom , and Scootaloo – get into a fight over exactly what the statue represents . Soon , the statue begins to mysteriously pulse , though no pony notices at the moment . As the group moves away from the statue , small cracks appear along its surface and an evil chuckle is heard . 
