//------------------------------// // Chapter One: Cold Storm // Story: Rainbow butterflies in the storm of War // by Ulrich //------------------------------// All characters belong © Hasbro A dark storm come from the North, With cold and death. The shining Sun is dying, With the hope and life. The sky is not blue anymore, Like the cleanest river. "But mom said the sky always blue, Because our soul made from them, And our soul is clear, like the blue sky!" Sorry, children of the Sun and Night, But our soul is in damage. The sky is red, Like the innocent's blood. You can question it: How many innocent gave their blood? The white snowy ground is bare, Like the Moon of night. The trees are dead, Like your father, Who died for you and your family. The grasses and bushes missing, Only their soul and memory is here. Mountains of memory are black, Like the darkest night, With pain and blade. Dead bodies lying on the ground, Where foals played many-many years ago. Can you hear their laugh? Can you? No, you can't. Its the past. A past, where everything was good and peaceful. Answer me a question, please: Do you want live in this "past" world? Where you have a dream job? Where you have a beautiful wife? Where you have the cutest kids of Equestria? Where you own a peaceful house? On a big field? Or next to a forest, Where animals living? You want live, Where everything is harmonic? Its your dream, yes? We live in the present, not in the past. But accept my advice: Respect your past. Remember your past. Learn from your past. And live or die for the future! In the mountains of memory and time, On the dead snowy grounds, Under the bloody sky, Two army fighting for months, But now they are sleeping and waiting. Two different Empire, with different ideology and faith, Like sky and earth, Like day and night, Like Sun and Moon. But both of them fight for the same reason: For the victory and Equestria. One is the conquer, And the other one is the defender. King Sombra, the banished king, Lord of the shadows, Ruler of Chrystal Empire, Conquer of North Equestria, The dark avenger unicorn, Leading the Chrystal army, alias the Black army. Thousands of soldiers hungry for blood, Who ready for the breakfast, Where the main course are the enemy's soul. Their armor are black and frightening, Like their dark soul and might. Thousands and thousands pony died by their hoof and might. And more thousand will die today, or tomorrow... Black army, ponies nightmare, The life-suckers, Your doom and death, Innocent souls jail and end, Most feared warriors in the North, Merciless nightmares. Their strength in the mass and fear, Never attack them alone, And shall know no fear! Princess Celestia, the God of Sun and Moon, Alicorn of the light, Ruler of Equestria, Defender of the ponies, The lonely sister, Leading Equestria's army, alias the Holy Knights and soldiers. Thousands of soldiers and knights, Who are ready to a final stand, A last stand, for their home and family! Their armor are gold and silver, Like their faith and heart. Thousands and thousands pony saved by their hoof and faith, But today thousands of enemy will die... Holy Knights, ponies hope, The life savers, Your hope and shield, Innocent souls defenders, Most respected warriors in the North, Brave knights. Their strength in the faith and camaraderie, Join, children of the Sun and Night, And fight for the Princess and Equestria! The two army, in the field of snow and death, are waiting, Like predators of the wild. Waiting, in their base and positions, What made by the weeks of war, And the tears of ponies. Ponies freezing and sleeping, Like rats in winter. The weather is really bad for each side, But its not enough to surrender or retreat! If need, they would freeze to ice, They became a snowpony, They became history, But they will stand to the last pony, Like glorious heroes of our world! On the snowy field, Where the trenches snaking, Like the rivers. Where one army sleeping, In the dirty cold dugout, Like poor animals, In a little camp. Where small houses and tents standing, Like a city or a town. Close to Princess Celestia's house, What like a small castle, Built by stone, wood and faith, Two lovers sleeping peacefully, In a small house, Like cats in a cold night of winter. The house is a little bigger, then a tent, But not big, like a normal home, Where you can peacefully live with your family. Family. A word, with a lot of emotions, A lot, like the stars on the night sky. The windows are closed, Defending the lovers from the cold, The cold of winter and pain. The door is closed too, Defending the two pony from the pain, The pain of cold and war. Inside the love-home, There is only one room, With a big and soft bed, Where our two bird is sleeping. In the middle a table standing, Next with three chairs. Near the wall two armor stand standing, With one dark-gray armor, Like a statue of faith, But this faith experienced the whole war, The sword, the blood, the death. And with a red-blue uniform, What hanging, Like a flag of beauty and order. On the left side of bed, A big bowl with water is here, What enough big, To a pony easily can lie inside. The walls are solid and normal, And the writer can't say any synonym. In the white and soft bed, The two pony are deep in sleep, In each other hoof and wing. How peaceful and cute! Like two little cat, Or two young foal, Or a married couple, Or maybe two little bunny! If the cuteness can kill, Then the whole world will die instantly! On top a yellow mare sleeping, On her lover's chest, What is slowly going up and down. Up and down... Up and down... Calmly and quietly. Up and down... Up and down... Her special one have the biggest heart, All over Equestria, And this heart only wants her! The yellow mare have the longest pink mane, What ever existed in the history! And its so beautiful, so soft, Like our love's smile, In the end of a bad and mood day. Long, like the longest river, Soft, like the softest bed, Combed, like the fresh grass. And now, the yellow mare, Peacefully sleeping, And hugging as much as she can, Her special mare, Her heart, Her life. Under the mare of beauty, A cyan mare sleeping, With a short, Maybe boyish mane, What are the rainbow of, The sky and our soul. All color of the rainbow is here, And make colorful her mare's life, From dark and gray, To red, orange, yellow, green and more! The rainbow is hugging her life, With much power as she can. She never let her go! Never! If the war is lost, The freedom is lost, The hope is lost, She never let her go! Never! Her wings calmly and softy hugging the smaller pegasus, Her life's back, With her hooves too. Her special mare, Her heart, Her life. The two lovebird, Each side of heart, Covered by soft, but old blanket, And with their love and soul. The room is quiet and a little dark, But its not full dark, Like a winter night. Its gray dark, Like a rainy day. And the light came from the window's gap, Little, but much gap. But fortunately, The cold is staying outside. Outside, the dead and cold field, Where bodies will lie later, With blood and dreams. Dark red eyes came to life, In the dark, but softy room. The eyes are tired, hardly can hold open, This beautiful eyes. Blink after blink, They still tired. But half minute later, The eyes stable open, Not wide, like the moon, But they are open. The eyes owner is the cyan pegasus, Who hardly rise, Like the Sun at sunrise. She looked right, then left. Only the dark room around, With the light of her life, And this light is sleeping on her chest, Peacefully and cutely. The cyan pegasus smiled, Then more hugged her love, her flower. How she loved her! She can die for her, She can bring the most valuable diamond for her, She can go to the world end, then back, To live forever with her heart and hope! After seconds of thinking about her love, The cyan pegasus started playing, With the longest and softest pink mane. Slow, but sensual stroking, Long and soft, Then calm and love stroking. Her love, like a cat, Who sleeping on her chest. Just beautiful. Just beautiful... She have only two wish now: First, last forever this moment, Second, her love. But she knows, the first wish, it will not come true, Because today is the big "Attack" or "Offensive" day, When Princess Celestia's alias Equestria's army will attack, And hopefully, destroy Sombra's evil army$ In this day, ponies will die in glory and pain! In snow and cold, In love and hate! Her thoughts are danced a chaotic dance, But she still stroked her love's mane, Like her love was a cat. A beautiful and kind cat! The dances came to worried ground, And her biggest fear released: To lose her heart, her love, her life... The cyan pegasus was there, When Princess Celestia, The god of Sun and Moon, Told the plan of the offensive, To her and other captains. She was there, As the captain of Flying Bolts, Who's are the second best and bravest pegasuses, In the pony's army, After the Wonderbolts. In this moments, when the Princess said, When and where will start the offensive, The Flying Bolt's captain heart exploded, Like a bomb of doom, To little pieces, Like a broken glass, And then this little pieces filled, With worries and fears, What are hurts, Like thousands and thousands hot knifes. After the long discussion, She cried and cried, With cold and painful tears. Rainbow Dash, Captain of the Flying Bolts, Glorious and celebrated captain, A loyal soldier and lover, Cried, like a baby, A baby, who not want to lose, Her meaning of life. She said the sad news to her love, With cry of fear to lost her, Her special mare, Her heart, Herlife. Her life hugged her, And shared too, The cry of fear, To lose her meaning of life. Fluttershy, A simple soldier, A not know, nameless soldier, A kind and helpful mare, Her lover guard, Cried, like a baby, A baby, who not want to lose, Her meaning of life. They tried to find a solution, Maybe escape, Or hide, Or maybe escape and hide, But they have a duty. A duty, To defend Equestria, From the evil King Sombra. And the pony militia will find them, Then they will sit in jail, Lonely, Like the Moon on the sky. Or they go back to the front, To the filed of death and pain. The memories, What hurts, like a hammer. The thoughts, What irritate, like mosquito, And the imagines, What worry, like the bad future. Three pains, three... She knows, all knows, That after night is day, But what, if we not sure, That after night is day? She not sure about the future. She not sure, she survives, Or... Or her love will survive. If her love, Her special mare, Her heart, Her life, Will die today, Her heart will be destroyed, From the bomb of sad, Her soul will burn, In the fire of pain... She will cant't live without her. She gave her meaning of life, She gave dreams and hopes, In the dark and sad days. Tears escaped from the red eyes. The cyan mare's smile disappeared, Her heart is beating fast, Like one engine of a machine. But she softly stroked the long pink mane. Softly and slowly. Bright cyan eyes opened, Slowly and weary, Like a kitten is waking up, From a long-long dream. This eyes. This beautiful eyes. This soul touching eyes. The darkest souls need hide, The evilest evil will surrender, Against this cyan eyes. And this tired eyes looked up, To her flying, rainbow love. "Good morning!" Said the yellow mare, With the sweetest and softest voice, What ever heard in Equestria. She smiled tiredly, But this smile soon disappeared, When the cute pony spotted the tears, The sad tears on her sad love's face. "Um... S-sorry... I did something w-wrong?" Her voice swayed, Like an old house on a earthquake. "No! No! You not!" Said the cyan mare quickly. Her voice is younger, But with big will and proud, Like an almost adult, but young pony. "Just... Just..." Rainbow Dash not found the words to a sentence. "Just... Y-you know... Today is..." No, she can't say any word. She can't. How can she say, That today will be her last day? Its like you need tell your wife, That she have a big chance to die today, And maybe you can't help. "Oh... I... Um... I..." Fluttershy too can't find the words. She knows, What her marefriend wants to say. She knows. Only three days ago, Her pegasus of love cried on her chest, Like a baby, A hurtful baby. Sad and depression fill in the room, In the room of young love. Nopony smiled, Nopony cheered. Its like a funeral. But after death there is life, Somepony die, to give a chance to somepony to live. Life and death, Like the Sun and Moon, If one of them not exist, The world will fall into chaos. Fluttershy softly nuzzled, like a cat, Into her love's neck, like a kitty. Then she cried, Quietly, like the water drip, But this sounded louder and louder, Like one embittered mother, Who still hug her dead foal. The worst sound in your life, When your life is cry. The cyan mare hugged her love, With much force and love as she can. She tried to sedative her, With calm and slow stroking, And with big hug, And with her words of true and love: "Everything will be fine." Her voice soft, Like a loyal and kind wife. "Everything will be fine, my little kitty. Everything will be good." Newer tears escaped. But Fluttershy still cried. "I... I promise, everything will be alright. Don't cry, okay?" "B... B-but what, if not? W-what, if n-not? " Cried the yellow mare, Her tears make one new ocean, The pain and sad ocean. "W-what, if y... you d... d... die? " Now she cried louder, Like the saddest violin, Like the loudest rain. "I promise, I will not die!" "O-h my... I will l... l-lost you...No... I-I can't live without you!" Then Rainbow Dash slowly and warily, Pulled her love face closer to her. The yellow mare's eyes in water, Her cheeks in read and tears, Her face, like the saddest thing in the history. Then Rainbow Dash deeply kissed her. Their eyes closed, Each pair after each, The tears are fall, like the stars, Their heart beating faster, Then the falling stars. Their hooves explored each other back, Like the birds the never ends sky. The deep kiss was long, Seconds, like hours passed, And they keep kissed. The two lovebird hoped, That this moment will never end. But the kiss broke, And Rainbow Dash said: "I promise, I will not die," She smiled and looked in to her love eyes, The beautiful light cyan eyes. "Because I'm going to live with you! Forever, okay?" "You promise?" Smiled Fluttershy, Like a foal, After the fall of her life, But then a light came, And saved everything. "I promise." Then she hugged closer her meaning of live, With her big and glorious wings, Whats can easily defeat the hardest and deadliest storms. "Be always with me and I will defend you, no matter what happens! Okay, pal?" Then the mare of rainbow kissed her big part of heart. That was a small, Not long, Not passionate, Not deep, But a calm kiss. Fluttershy sniffled, River of tears ended, And a small, But a big meaning, Smile lighted on her face, To her defender and lover. "Okay." With her right hoof, Rainbow Dash stroked, Her mare, her Fluttershy, Wiping away the tears of pain, The pain of not sure and sad about the future. She smiled, and leaned to her lover's face. Their foreheads touched, Like a soft pillow and a solid rock, And the space between them formed a heart. A big heart. The room filled with a ocean of love. A never ending love. The room is dark, But their true love will illuminate it! From dark to light, From cold to calm, From sad to love! Minutes, what passed to a half hour, A half hour, with love and care. With hugs and kisses. With peace and calmness, With stroking and nuzzles. After the slow wake, The two lovebird walked to the armor stands, The armors of defense and safety. Softly and tiredly they helped each other: First is Fluttershy's armor, The red and blue uniform, What only the line infantry soldiers wear. Not the best uniform or armor, Or even not a good to defend yourself, But if you die, than die in style. Slowly, like a child, Fluttershy took the red west, What like, like the sun in dawn, Then the blue uniform, What is big, Like a blanket of sea. Lastly, a gray, war-torn helmet, What defended her head and ears, But her cute front-head, not. Now, she looked like a soldier, A scared and tired soldier, Who's uniform a little dirty, And her eyes a little brightly. A calm and soft body touched the yellow mare's back, A clam and soft touch. Then two cyan hooves hugged her, On her red chest, Where a heart beat for a mare, For a loyal and care mare. And this mare nuzzled in her right side of neck. How she loved, When her love do this! Its so comforting, Like a day on a beautiful and peaceful field, Where butterflies flying, Where birds singing, Where bees working. She hope, this moment will never end. She hope. Hope and hope, Like the ponies in a bad day, They hope, the future will be good, Good like their mother. "Fluttershy!" whispered the cyan mare. "Y-yes?" "We can escape, you know. C'mon, escape with me!" "B-but..." "No worry, nobody will found us! Y'know, how awesome spots can I find!" "But, Dash!" whispered the yellow mare "Everypony is t-trust...um... us! We c-can't let them d-down." Sighed Dash, the captain of Flying Bolts"Yes-yes, but... Y'know too... Its war! Ponies die and die, and I don't want to lose you! lose many friends, like Shadowdrinker, Soneka, Applejack and many others..." Sighed sadly "But I don't want to lose you! I love you! I can't live without you!" "D-dash!" said with tears of sad "You will not... lose me, because you will defend me! You p-promised!" "And I keep my word." smiled the cyan pegasus, then she wiped the tears, with her right hoof and her love kiss, on her lovers checks. "So, please, be close to me or around, and I will defend you, that no monster or evil will hurt you! The brave Rainbow Dash will defend her future wife!" Her future wife. Fluttershy's burned, From the last sentence. But she hopes, That will happen, Maybe not tomorrow, But in the future. Love, Marriage, Foals. Three words, three wish. The pair of kind and loyal, Stayed in this position, For long minutes, Like they ordered, that the time need stop. They filed only love and care, from each other. Long and quite minutes, A pair of lovers, With wishes. After the calm hug, Rainbow is the next, Who will dress, In her glorious armor. And without help, The hard and thick armor on her chest, Muscles, front hooves. Only her helmet is missing, What on the top a small red flag is sleeping, Sleeping, to ready for war. Than, when they was ready, For what happens, They picked up their weapons, One old and sharp sword and a lance, And leaved the small house. Outside, everything in snow. Like a white blanked, A cold blanked. The air is cold, Really cold, Like the North Ice Mountains. They are not alone. Ponies, soldiers walked up and down, Freezing and stressing. After a half minute of thinking and watching, The captain with her guard, Who only two months ago started the guard job, Thanks to her captain, Her love, They started a long walk, To the dining room, And then, to the fronts, Where a storm will attack, A deadly big storm. A cold and big storm, Of soldiers and hopes, Versus another big storm, Of warriors and hunger. Two Empire, Two army, One world, One battle, One life. Who will win in the end of this day, In the end of blood and pain fest?