As
the troops were getting ready in Cloudsdale, the Canterlot troops began to
assemble. All kinds of brave ponies from all around Ponyville, Fillydelphia, and
other cities came to join in.
At
that moment the ponies looked to the sky, it had become dark. Was there about
to be a storm? No, it was becoming more clear now... These were the other
troops on their way. The battle was about to begin and none of the ground
troops were ready.
Glow
quickly began searching for some fellow
pegasi; he had a special mission in mind. He tried talking to pegasi who
already landed, but their commitment to Celestia's army was unwavering.
Frustrated, he took to the air and intercepted a group of fourteen pegasi just arriving. "I've been tasked with a special
mission" Glow started, trying to sound official "and your just the pegasi I need. Can I
count on you?" They shook their heads tentatively. " Good! We're going directly to Cloudsdale to find
Rainbow Dash, who we believe is a high commander." The ponies nodded again
and the party of fourteen left towards Cloudsdale. As they climbed higher
towards the clouds, something occurring on the ground grabbed their attention.
They could see the still readying troops of Canterlot getting ambushed by the
opposing pegasi.
The
Cloudsdale Pegasi nosedived into the
crowd of gathering ponies, armed with blades attached to the end of their hooves,
like a bunch of kamikaze ponies. The Earth ponies couldn't do this very well, since
they were unable to fly they needed their hooves flat on the ground. The deadly
Pegasi kept swooping in, taking the ground ponies one by one. Still panicking,
the ponies rushed to get their armor and weapons. To protect themselves as best
as possible, the ponies began kicking at the oncoming Cloudsdale troops, using everything they had to survive until
they could get inside the armory and get suited up. Many ground Pegasi entered
the armory and finished gathering their battle items. They then proceeded to
the highest level and took off from the platform on the roof. Weapons,
connected to each of the front hooves, they began to pray as they flew directly
into the herd of deranged Pegasi.
The
battlefield was a horrific site. Glow could see the troops in the main district
of Canterlot. He could see a dark armored Pegasus with a spear on his hoof, fly
down and drive the long staff into not one, but two separate ponies. The weight
being too much to carry, kept him on the ground, causing him to drop his guard
long enough to be clean shaven from the neck up by a pony. As the blood hit his
face like a hot faucet spraying him on the neck, the frightened pony dropped
his sword from his mouth and screamed. Glow could tell, even from here that
many of these ponies had never been trained, let alone killed any pony. He
rested with slight ease, knowing the princess had been escorted out of the
kingdom for the battle. Glow began to tear up when he finally realized... this
WAS happening. He couldn't think about this anymore. He knew he needed to
accomplish this mission, and that he couldn't let his emotions get in the way
of this; the lives of every pony depended on it. He faced forward again as his
party climbed closer to the city in the clouds.
His
party finally reached the Weather factory. They remained hidden inside the
clouds to look for anything they could use to their advantage. However,
something seemed off. There was nopony around. "Surly they would've
expected some Pegasi to remain with Canterlot? "Why aren't there any
ponies guarding the factory?" Glow whispered to his fellow pegasi. "There's no way they didn't expect some sort
of surprise attack on the factory."
They
moved slowly from cloud to cloud, inching their way towards the building. "Alright
every pony. We need to be careful around here" Rain whispered. The rest of
the party nodded. The ponies pulled themselves the rest of the way through the
clouds, into Cloudsdale, when suddenly there was a bright flash a short
distance from the party. There was a sudden explosion... Time seemed to slow
down for Glow. He could see the fire rushing towards him, only a short distance
from him now. As it rolled upon him, he could feel a slight pain and then
everything faded to black.
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