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Yeah. You know what this is. Are you ready for it though? Yeah, you are!!

The wind kissed Dawn on the face. Gentle touches so beautiful that she closed her eyes to embrace it fully. The smell of Psera's approaching sea, the coolness of the breeze. Lavender was in sight. From their, she would finally be home.

"Dawn." Dawn popped her eyes open and turned back to Merry Fire standing by watching her stare out at the sea with two guards. "It isn't safe for you out here. Come inside. Now."

"Isn't safe?" Dawn walked over to Merry and allowed herself to be guided off the deck of Aquata Zero back inside. "What are you talking about?"

Merry guided Dawn back down the stairs and into her bedroom. "Just stay in here until we come get you, okay?"

"But—"

"Stay. Here," Merry reiterated. Then the doors were shut and locked. Okay, this was scary now. Since when did they have to lock her in her own room? Dawn resorted to the window for information. The Aquata blew its horn and began turning, unfortunately pulling her sight further away from Psera and back towards the sea from whence she came. At least she could see the escort Aquatas. That was a little reassuring. But questions still weren't answered.

"What's going on?" First Light took over and walked to the window. "I don't see anything."

Dawn took control of her body back and scolded herself. "Hey, not now. Something's up. Aunt Merry locked us in."

"Why?"

"That's what I'm trying to figure out. But I can't see the shore. We're blind."

"Kalumm," First Light cursed. Dawn faced the door again when she heard a radio go off. Something was going on out there.

"Copy, Dawn is secure, awaiting secure extraction." Extraction? Was there an attack going on right now?! Dawn sighed and quickly gathered her things. With a shake and a pat, Sky Blue and Juniper were awoken.

"Wake up, girls," she told them. "Hop on and be quiet." Dawn couldn't stress it enough. Thankfully, they jumped onto Dawn and stuck to her coat like adhesive. If something was going down, Dawn needed everything in her hooves. She moved for a dresser and pulled open a drawer for a bag. There was one, plastic. But it would work. Dawn placed her books inside before the door was opened.

A guard saluted in her direction, a familiar one with a smile adorning her darkened features. Those red eyes spoke of kindness. "Princess Dawn," Captain Smalls greeted. "It's good to see you amongst the living after all. But not everyone is happy about your survival."

"Captain Smalls!" Dawn rushed forward and gave her a quick hug around the middle before becoming serious again. "What's going on?"

"Some ponies don't like the idea of 'Arcadia's Demon Daughter' being among the living. A threat's been made. Information leaked and we think ponies may try to attack you. Follow us and do as we say."

Dawn's been doing that a lot lately with everyone she's come in contact with. This was not going to change anytime soon. Dawn nodded and walked out into the hallway fitted with security surrounding Dawn's smaller stature. Captain Smalls raised her Comm Block and reported, "Moving for the entrance, standby."

"Copy, escort's pulling up now." Dawn was lead down the stairs and soon towards the entrance. The guards stopped her before she could even reach the doors, let alone peek into sight. She could hear the commotion outside, feel the cold of winter bite at her skin, feel the tightness of the Elite Guards against her coat, cocooning her tightly and preparing for her to exit.

"Standing by, ready for transport."

Dawn heard the familiar roar of a pod's engine. She saw the tires screech and doors open up followed by shouting. "Secure the path, let's move. T-Nine in position, standing by for clearance."

Captain Smalls glanced back to look down at Dawn. Her weapon was out and she was ready for a fight. "Stay close," she told her. "We're moving you to the Pod for a quick getaway."

A quick getaway?! How bad was the situation?!

"Clear, move out," a report came in.

"Go, go, go!" Four guards moved out of the Aquata first before Captain Smalls moved with Dawn next to her. There was the problem. Concrete empty save for at most twenty combat vehicles spotting the land, observing an angry mob of Pserateps behind a fence watching Dawn exit Aquata Zero.

They chanted in fury, holding up signs and cursing her name. Slandering her mother and raising makeshift weapons to the sky. An interesting one was of herself burning.

"Oh my stars," First Light said. This was much worse than they suspected. Up ahead was a shiny sleek Pod parked before them. The door was open and security was watching the mob scream, yell, and shout how upset they were at her mere presence on Psera.

Dawn was scared. More so than before. They were close. So close.

A loud pop rang amongst the crowd and something whizzed over Dawn's head, impacting Aquata Zero's hull.

"Shot's fired, shot's fired!!"

"EVERYBODY DOWN NOW!!" Weapons were raised and aiming at the crowd of protestors who quickly screamed and dropped to the ground.

"Let's go!" Captain Smalls grabbed Dawn and ran the rest of the way to the Pod. She jumped in and lied on top of Dawn climbing into the vehicle where three more waited. They didn't bide for the door to close. The two escort pods in front of them pulled off and burned rubber, soon followed by the flashing lights of their own.

This can't be happening right now. They were trying to kill her. They were actually trying to kill her. Captain Smalls pushed Dawn deeper into the pod and slammed the door for the Pod close. "We're on the move!" She reported.

Loud metal bugeoned against the thick metal of the vehicle. "Dawn, down, cover your head! The pot is getting hit! Where's the suspect?!"

Dawn followed instructions and bent low with her hooves covering her head. The Pod swerved to the right and straightened up abefore speeding downm the road, still getting hit with whatever was firing.

"Shots are originating from the field!" Someone relayed. "We're investigating!"

The hits stopped, easing the tension in the air. After a minute, Dawn slowly raised her head and fearfully looked at the windows. Small bullets had hit the glass and shield, trapped in the glass. Evidence that someone was out trying to kill her.

Comments

[ILikeFood]

Looking great

By the way, first paragraph, you used "their" instead of "there"