//------------------------------// // War // Story: One Can't Escape Their Own Past // by Hazel_Hester777 //------------------------------// “Bunny, what does your nose say?” Twilight asked as they dodged from the enemy’s weaponry by hiding through a crate that Bunny enhanced to protect them. The alien picked up a whiff, and her ears began to point to the right. “She’s that way!” “Good, how do we get out without having any troubles with this many ruffians?” Rarity asked, annoyingly. “You didn’t say that when you first saw Aero” Applejack chimed. “Watch your mouth!” “You watch your mouth! That’s not how you talk to my marefriend!” Rainbow yelled. “Everypony, cover your ears. I know what to do” Bunny instructed as they followed. When she saw they were all ready, she closed her eyes and began her Hum again. She began to vocalize the little lullaby. It started to make the soldiers nod at first, but they couldn’t stop themselves to fall into the sleeping abyss. Soon enough, they were snoring like foals. When she noticed it was safe now, Bunny stopped using Hum and gestured her friends that it’s all clear now. They then followed the alien as she guided them to where Fluttershy is. ________________________________________ “Bunny, how much farther?” Twilight asked. “We’re almost there” the alien replied. Her ears began to point again, this time to the front where a door was seen. “I think she’s behind that door” “Alrighty!” Pinkie said, stepping infront of the door. “Stand back, everypony” the others did what they were told. Pinkie, without warning, took one of the bombs she had from her mane. How did she keep them in her mane? She then set off its countdown to ten seconds, put the bomb infront of the door and ran to where the others were. 5…4…3…2…1… BOOM! Smoke enveloped the room. When it lifted up, the seven saw that the door was completely destroyed. A pile of rubble was left in its wake. At the other side, it became visible that there was a hallway. “Glad we gave you the bombs, Pinkie” ________________________________________ “Well, looks you found me” Aero said, sitting on his high post. “Right, so you better tell us, where's she?” Twilight demanded. “Why?” Aero mocked. “Because you’re a Princess?” “I just want my Fluttershy back” she declared. “YOUR Fluttershy?” Aero laughed. “I’m sorry, but who we have here is MY Slash Wing” “Her name’s NOT Slash Wing!” Rainbow yelled. “If you don’t give her back now, I’ll teach you to hurt my friends!” she didn’t get to fly off, since Applejack held her back by the tail. “Dashie, calm down. And let Twilight do the work” the earth pony said. “Thank you, Applejack. Now, I’ll ask again, give us back Fluttershy” “Sure, I’ll let you have Slash Wing…” Aero began, but then seven different soldier ponies came out of hiding, each with their own weapons. “…if you can defeat my seven best soldiers!” The seven huddled up in a circle, each facing a soldier. They were intimidated by the scowls each soldier gave them. They felt fear in each of them. They didn’t know what to do. But when they thought about their friend again, they decided getting a little hurt may be worth it. Separating each other from the circle, they all went to face off their opponents. ________________________________________ Rainbow Dash faced off with one of the stallions. He had a grey coat and red mane and tail. On him was a gun, loaded with sleeping darts. He threw her a menacing look, which she returned with a smirk. He then began to shoot her, but she immediately flew in the air. She didn’t waste a second as she threw one of the boomerangs at him. He quickly dodged it the first time, but failed when it came back. As it flew back to her, the stallion fell to the ground. He looked up to face her, only to get hit one…two…three…four…five times with the horseshoes she was carrying. The combined impact was so strong that the stallion fell unconscious. Her work done, Rainbow joined the others. ________________________________________ Then it was Applejack’s battle, she faced off with another mare. This mare had a yellow mane and white body, on her tag read her name, Shooting Star. Her weapon was ray, loaded with the Sleeping Serum. Shooting Star threw a smirk, which Applejack returned. She then starting aiming at her, but Applejack deflected them with the use of her shovel. She then threw the shurikens at Star, causing her to focus on dodging them. Shooting Star was so focused about dodging that she didn’t realize Applejack was right infront of her! She took aim, but because AJ deflected it, it hit her instead. The ray was so strong that Shooting fell unconscious right on the spot. The military mare defeated, Applejack joined Rainbow. ________________________________________ Pinkie’s battle followed, she faced with a stallion. This one had a green coat and a blue mane. His weapon was also a gun, loaded with tranquilizers. He began to aim at her, but she dodged each one with a hop. He was even more annoyed than the others because each time she hopped, she seemed to mock him by giggling. She was so fast that he couldn’t keep up with her. She was here, she was there. Oh! She was EVERYWHERE! Eventually, he got tired from his failing aims. Pinkie, feeling sorry for him, gave him a cake. He knew he shouldn’t trust the mare, even with cake. But, it seemed so delicious that he couldn’t resist. Finally, he touched it, and a puff of sleeping gas came out. Unable to stay awake, he passed out. Pinkie giggled; doesn’t that stallion know? Pinkie’s a prank master and, just coincidently, she had various bombs as her weapon of choice. ________________________________________ Rarity faced up with another mare, this one had a violet mane and blue body and her codename was Salute. Salute’s weapon, like Shooting Star, was a ray. Salute didn’t waste a second to start shooting Rarity. The Unicorn barely managed to escape as she swiftly dodged through the ray’s beams. Things got even trickier when Salute flew into the air; she’s a Pegasus! Rarity barely managed to roll out of the ray’s beams now that her opponent was in midair. Salute began to notice that Rarity seemed to be getting tired from dodging, as she wasn’t as speedy as the others. She closed in on the mare, who was starting to sweat from exhaustion. Figuring she was now an easy target, she set her ammo to High. But once she shot it, Rarity deflected the attack with her axes. Salute could only watch as her own ammo hit her in the face, before passing out. ________________________________________ Spike began his battle with a stallion, one with a grey mane and orange body. His name was Speeding Bullet. Like the rest of the stallions, he had a gun with Sleeping Serum. Speeding thought this would be easy considering he was only fighting a baby dragon. He began to shoot Spike with the serum, but the dragon dodged all of them due to his size. Spike was having a harder time to aim an attack due to the gun being bigger than he is. Speeding Bullet took this as an opportunity to make fun of the little pipsqueak. He punched him in the belly, hoping to send him flying. What he didn’t expect was that his hoof would get hurt instead due to the protective padding on Spike. Boy, that’s gotta hurt! Speeding was so caught up in the pain that he didn’t even look back when Spike finally shot him with a tranquilizer. ________________________________________ Twilight’s battle was with another mare named Venom Heart, who had a grey coat and magenta mane. Her weapon, like the other mares, was a ray. Venom knew she had to be aware that she was up against an Alicorn. Without warning or hesitation, she began to shoot. Twilight dodged the ray’s beam by teleporting away from them. Twilight then, began to shoot knives at Venom, surrounding her. Venom then surprised her as she teleported out of the circle of knives, revealing she was a Unicorn. But when she finally teleported out of the knives, Twilight was no longer seen. Where could she have gone? Venom disappointed everypony when Twilight shot her from behind. ________________________________________ Bunny’s battle was saved for the last since they thought it would be easy to beat a small rabbit like her. Her opponent was Lieutenant Bark, with a tranquilizer gun. He knew this would be fun; he was the best soldier from the seven facing off with the smallest, and youngest, from the opponents. The only thing scary about her was the collar on her neck. He threw Bunny a menacing grin, which she returned with a smirk. He began to shoot the rabbit, but she deflected it with her knives. She almost threw a knife, if Bark didn’t grab her by the neck! But, thanks to her horn collar, it pricked him into letting her go. She then moved onto climbing up all over the stallion. She was so fast that he barely caught up with her, and her paws were tickling him. Finally, she reached her target, the ears. He barely got to respond when she used Hum on him. He fought with her lullaby, but the urge to sleep was so strong. And so, with a simple lullaby, Bunny defeated the best soldier! ________________________________________ “Alright, Bunny!” Spike cheered as the alien ran to her group. “You did it!” “I guess that should make them think twice about rabbits now” Bunny commented as she looked at the snoring Lieutenant Bark. “Well, Aero” Twilight called out. “We defeated every one of your best soldiers. Now, give us back Fluttershy!” Aero grinned. “At your own risk” Without hesitation, he pressed the button that opened the door of the Hiding Secret Chamber. For a moment, it seemed to only be a room of infinite darkness. But then, two familiar cerulean eyes peeked out. It didn’t take long for the figure to reveal herself; a yellow mare with a cropped pink mane.