//------------------------------// // bad omens // Story: A New Perspective // by kharne34231 //------------------------------// Chapter 7 bad omens My decision to join Rainbows flight team was, in my mind, a good one. It gave me a level of relief from my job designing and over viewing construction in Ponyville, which by now had taken off. By now Ponies from all over Equestria were sending letters to me to design all kinds of things from houses, to barns and everything in between. Needless to say it took up a lot of my time. It involved some travel, which wasn’t all bad, and A LOT of desk work. Rainbow’s team helped with that. Every Monday I got to wake up early and go out and fly around. Although it was hard work, and it often left me exhausted, something inside of me compelled me to pursue it. Hay I made a lot of friends too. Both Thunderlane and Speedy were pretty cool and were very supportive, even if a little talkative. Practice was from sunrise to about three with a break in the middle. Up until now we were learning simple formations and a few stunts every now and then. One day that was changed up when Rainbow showed up looking pretty antsy about something. We were all hanging out under a peach tree near the southern end of Ponyville where we had decided to make our training grounds. If you got up early enough you could see the sun rise through the valley directly ahead of you. Yes that’s right the sun rises in the south in Equestria, I never questioned it. Anyway we were hanging out doing our usual routine when Rainbow showed up surprisingly late. She carried two pieces of parchment, one of which had already been opened. “Alright everypony we’ve got some work to get done.” She folded opened up the parchment and showed it to us. “Our team has been asked to participate in a competition in Cloudsdale.” Thunderlane and Speedy seemed really into this. “So then were finally being recognized, so when is it then?” Speedy asked. “Well if you take a look.” Rainbow pointed to the bottom part of the parchment. It read ‘August 17th’ which was only a month away. “You really think were ready for this? I mean we have been putting in a lot of work but lets be honest this is a big event how many teams are going?” I asked. “Well it doesn’t really matter how many it matters which teams.” “I don’t follow.” Thunderlane said. Smiling and with a lot of enthusiasm she went and said it “we will be competing, among others, against the Wonderbolts!” she started laughing with enthusiasm. The others developed a smile across their faces. I didn’t know what to think after all the Wonderbolts were professionals. “Rainbow do you actually think we can beet them?” I started. “Well maybe not, but if we do good we’ll be getting some rep this is a big competition so a lot of ponies will be there.” I had to say that’s a good point, but I could see what was to come next. “Even if we are be there though we need to qualify first.” “What do you mean we have to qualify?” Thunderlane asked. “They only actually let ten teams compete in the competition. We have to qualify in the top ten to get in, and that means we have to pick up the pace to get in.” here it comes I thought. “Which means we need to work hard on practice, we only have a good month to get some really good moves down. If your all for it then I’m sure we could pull this off.” “Count me in, this sounds fun.” Speedy said. “Ill go, it’ll be a lot of work but I’m game.” Thunderlane stated. Then they turned to me for an answer. “I haven’t given up yet, and I don’t plan to either. I guess that means well need to get working wont we.” That got Rainbow happy. The road ahead of us was to be a hard one but I assume it would be pretty awesome to be one of the top ten teams in Equestria. “Oh and before we get to work Twilight wanted me to give this to you Cameron.” She handed me a piece of parchment. “She said it came from Celestia, when you finish up join up with us k.” I nodded her off and the flew out to the field. Celestia hadn’t tried to contact me in nearly a month now. The sudden appearance of this letter was quite the surprise to me. I opened it up and began to read the letter. Dear Cameron Its nice writing to you for the first time in a while. I regret to inform you though that this isn’t a social call. I have recently received information of strange happening within the Everfree forest. Under normal circumstances I would disregard these happenings but these are different. I do not feel comfortable talking to you about the information I have received immediately. To do so would be of bad judgment on my part as such I would like to invite you to meet me at Canterlot. I would ask you come as soon as possible to discuss what is happening. Sincerely Celestia. Whatever Celestia wanted to talk about was urgent. If she needed me I could only assume it had something to do with humans. That thought was slightly confusing to me, why would humans want with Equestria. Sure I could imagine some would want to come here with good intentions but something told me that whatever was going on wasn’t a good thing. Taking it into consideration I decided to leave to Canterlot tomorrow as both a break from my work and a trip for Rarity and Twilights sake. After all I did owe them a lot for giving me a ride there in the first place, even if the trip was less than intended. I flew over to the others and we began training. I didn’t really know what to expect from this more intense training Rainbow was talking about, that was until we started it. From here on out we were meeting on Fridays and Mondays and the days were going to be longer, and if the training we got that day was anything to represent the future it was going to be a lot more strenuous. We were flying faster, longer, and higher than ever before. We threw half of our day into formations and another into some more complex tricks. By the end of it I was fully expecting to back in the hospital again. This was going to be a long three weeks. I arrived home much latter than I was expecting. We had lost track of time and had kept flying for a lot longer than we had planned. I could barely hold myself up and I immediately fell onto the couch not even caring to close the door of my house. That night my dreams returned. I was in a car, or was it a truck? I couldn’t tell because it was completely enclosed. Inside of it were about five others, the enclosed space was lit by a dim orange light. Each of the people carried a rifle. I put two and two together and began to understand this was a military vehicle. Suddenly a voice rang out from a speaker positioned near the rear of the vehicle. The soldiers were now getting ready for something and were loading their rifles and side arms. Then the back opened up. The light of the sun dissipated the orange light of the truck and the soldiers ran out. They were on a chunk of highway next to the ocean. It was the same place the truck had hit us and sent me and my friend away. Specifically it was the cliff where it all happened. The highway was closed off on both sides and military figures were redirecting traffic away. From a distance I could see the place where the car had fallen over the ledge. People in has mat suites were walking around with machines that I could only assume were for measuring radiation. I approached the ledge where they were working and looked down. I was surprised to see no machine parts or even a sign of an accident. People were down there though and had somehow gated off the ocean and were scanning around for something. Then as if out of nowhere a hand landed on my shoulder and I turned to see a Mexican American man looking directly at me. “Don’t worry Michael, where ever he went well find them.” He said as he walked off to help with traffic. Strangely that named was familiar to me, I couldn’t put my finger on it but I felt like whomever that was I knew him. Then came the most disturbing image I have ever seen. For only a split second I saw Canterlot, from the distance. It was in ruins and burning. An explosion annihilated one of the towers and it collapsed to the ground. I was crying, I was a pony and I was restrained. I awoke latter than normal but I wasn’t at all drowsy. That dream was very real to me and if it was I needed to tell the princess. I quickly gathered my things and ran out the door only to be blocked by Twilight. “Oh gees Twilight this is a bad time I’m in a hurry can it wait?” I asked. “Oh uh sure mite I ask where your going in such a hurry?” she inquired. “I kinda need to get to Canterlot as fast as possible. Celestia wants to see me and I think I have some information she would need.” “Really well I was just going to give you something anyway.” She took out a letter of sorts from her saddle pack and handed it to me. “Zecora found it in the forest where we found you. It was in the middle of a clearing after some kind of freak lightening strike.” I took the letter and opened it up. It was a very simple note addressed to me. The paper was burnt slightly and was beaten up heavily from some kind of unknown force. I began to read it, the hand writing was not hand written. The letter was typed as if by a computer. It simply read: I’m coming fro you Cameron.