Eljunbyro

by Imploding Colon

Once Bound

Down below the high ridges of Blue Shelf, besides a rippling river that wound its way along a southwest path, a stampeding group of weathered equines stormed out of a concrete building. The crowd numbered in the hundreds, and they carried with them the soot and grime of countless months, enslaved in the belly of the mountain. They squinted at the red bands of light wafting over the hilltops from the setting sun.

In the distance, there stood several Enforcers who had been minding a cluster of ships moored to the riverside docks. At the sight of the bustling slaves—who greatly outnumbered them and their ineffectual tasers—the guards surrendered their weapons and galloped for the forest beyond.

Laughter and cheers lit the air, especially as the emerging ponies additionally saw the crumbled buildings of Ledomare surrounding the golden obelisk that pierced the skin of earth. The wreckage of bunkers, mana fences, and crashed zeppelins was still careening off the edges of the sundered cliffs. The roars of manticores echoed in the distance, their growls sending ripples across the thick river streams.

Felicity beamed, tears welling from her dirt-stained eyelids. She wiped her face and smirked aside as Placid walked up with the trembling figure of Garnet leaning on his flank. The professor gazed at the landscape, his quivering lips forming an unpronouncible sob of joy. Before anypony could say anything, a bright object surged overhead.

The ponies gazed up, and their cheers doubled at the sight of a blue streak carrying three figures with her. Equines stomped their hooves and several liberated citizens waved their hooves as the pegasus took an easterly path and ended on a plateau of rock overlooking the forested north bank of the river.

Garnet took a deep breath, summoning the strength to stand on his own four hooves. He watched as Felicity and Placid leaned in to nuzzle each other. Across the riverside stretch of land, beloved couples were embracing, sharing laughter and sobs. With a deep breath, the professor closed his eyes, bore a meditative smile, then waved towards the docks.

"Everypony! Follow me! We'll take the boats, then make our way downriver towards western territories!"

The former slaves nodded and shouted in agreement. Soon, the huge group of ponies, rams, anteloupes, and reindeer marched as one, surging towards the vessels... and to their new lives.

Comments

[Steel Wing]

Sweet!

[Psyco Josho]

A bright future looms ahead! along with manticores...

[North Bound]

Yay!

[MellowMabari]

Aw, everything's looking up! Dash and Co. are going to have to face some serious crap now, aren't they? Well, at least the rest of the slaves got free, and hopefully remain that way. Onward!

[Future Regret]

Nice

[IfOnlyICouldDeactivate]

Onwards to the west!

[FloydienSlip]

THE CHEERS HAVE BEEN DOUBLED

[AppleTank]

Going west, eh? D
Silvadel I presume?

[dafiltafish]

and suddenly, silvadele is populated again.

[dashie76]

IIIIIt's Dashie's evaluation time!

So this chapter was really well described. It truly gave me a feeling of victory and triumph,again showing that Imploding can tackle a wide, wide variety of writing styles and still nail it each time. So cool...also, I guess the free citizens are going west? There's some speculation of about Silvadel, but I'm not sure we'll get to see where they end up. Dash will leave too soon to find out.
Wait...
...Dash will...leave...soon...
...Oh, no...
...I think it might be time for the feels again...I'm getting into the feel bunker...
These are my thoughts so far.

-MASH

[CrimsonPhoenix]

1885577
Hahahaha you're crazy.

[Riverwing]

This is quite a happy chapter. That means nothing good coming from you though, IC.

[Tetrominon]

Next chapter, Shell dons a pair of oversized sunglasses and blends in with the refugees under the name "Quattro Bajeena".

[Wobble]

Note, I'm abandoning my hunt and reading of fics overall due to a serious sore throat problem. It's rather painful, and forces me to skimp or ignore parts with feels or else suffer massive pain. This does great injustice to any fic, so I'll pause until it's gone and I can feel again.

[Super Trampoline]

2398155 dude that must suck. I hope you feel better.

[whizzball1]

Ledomare is returned to its former glory.

[BabySkittleMonster]

I wonder if they've taken off their berets yet?

[JustAnotherTimeLord]

Happy endings for all!

[Regidar]

But alas, the boat was just another trap, and they were all devoured by manticores.

[Hazard]

But... what about shell? Dun dun dunnn!

[djthomp]

I hope all these ex-prisoners remembered their berets.

[Aiyonbeam]

And thus the day is saved! Everypony who's still alive is happy, and Dash is once again an hero!

Okay, this is...

...I get the feeling we forgot something, though.

Of course we did! Remember FMA?

Can't quiiiiiiiite put my finger on it...

Shell is [EXPLETIVE]ing Wrath, remember!? He's gonna swim through the aqueducts and show up just in time to fight his last battle, and someone is gonna die! Mark my words!

Meh, it's probably nothing.

Still ticked about the fact that Dash isn't gonna kick the crap out of Queen Ledo...

[MustacheMerlin]

Now onwards to that neighbouring country they were at war with, let's get ourselves an army and finish this.

[Tim the Planes-pony]

Let us leave this place, freedom awaits.

08/27/2019
21:03 UTC

[Thread Necromancer]

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[Rexy]

I’m still imagining a determined Gold Petals following RD.
Can’t wait to see what happens next!
Continuing eastward, dear Austraeoh!