Storm Praetorian POV
I laugh as I run towards the filth ridden town, I keep my gaze on that crying pest as I run. Suddenly I feel a familiar sensation, pure rage. I stop and roar at the sky, I look back down and arm my beast, my Blazebolt Caster. I look up and roar as my favourite feeling flowed into me, pure rage. I looked back down and took aim at one of those filthy houses, made of thatch and wood. I laughed as the house was disintegrated within seconds, screams became clear as the doors on other houses slammed open, pests running out. I noticed a pest crawling away from the scorched house, I laughed and walked over. It looked up at my visor and reached out to me, I merely laughed louder and stomped it's head in, blood exploded under my boot. I turned around and fired again at the buildings, my laugher was echoing around the area. Many of the pests I spotted were either running, crawling or burning. My laughter grew louder with every death and I could tell that the pests were losing their minds as my laughter echoed in their ears. I turned just as two large pillars of light slammed into my chest, I barely moved and just stood as the light faded. I saw that the two creators of those pillars were just pests, hovering a couple of metres away. I roared with laughter and aimed my beast at the two filthy pests.
"Unleashing hell!" I bellow and fire at the pair, it hit the smaller, dark blue one. The other bigger, white one flew up. The blue one screamed as it summoned a shield, it's body heavily burned. The white pest flew into the shield and grabbed onto it's filthy pest friend and disappeared in a white flash, I growled and continued my cleansing of the pests.
Random Ponyvile Resident POV
"Run! Run! Don't stop!" I yell at my friend just as she trips on a collapsed support, she looks at me and raises a hoof. I begin to run to her, but I stop as I see... IT I watch as it comes around a corner and aims it's staff, weapon thing at my friend. I gasp and reach out to her. "NOO!" I watch as she gets turned into a pile of smouldering bones, I feel the sun disappear and look up. The monster was standing just in front of me, making that laugher. I fall onto my back and look at it's blank face as it aims at me. "DO IT! DO IT YOU BUCKING MONS-" I scream as the flames flow over my body, my vision fades into fire.
Lyra Heartstrings POV
"B-but the b-book said humans were friendly." I whisper to Bon Bon, who was trapped under a beam. She looks up at me and smiles, her tears making lines in her beautiful fur. She puts a hoof on my cheek as the colour in her eyes slowly fades, I watch her hoof fall of my face. "W-why?" I ask the body of Bon Bon and look up as a group of three friends, the flower growers I think, run around a still standing building. They see me and scream at me, I hear nothing as I see that thing walks around the corner behind them. They follow my gaze and turn around, their screams rang in my ears as their bodies disappear. The thing starts to look up, thinking fast I lay over Bon Bon and stay as still as I can. I wait for the inevitable flames to eat me, yet they don't come. I dear to look up slightly and see the thing disappear around another house. I stay laying over Bon Bon and cry silently as the laughter of that beast rings in my ears.
Mayor Mare POV
I adjust my glasses and limp away from the town hall, what's left of it that is. I see one of my friends dragging a pony from some rubble, I look around and begin to limp over to him. But I then I see a dark, tall shape appear in front of me. I look up and feel tears fall down my face as it aims something at me, I swallow and looked up at it's blank face. "Do it." I whisper and see a bright flash as my vision fades to darkness, but a faint laugh still ringed in my last moments in life.
Storm Praetorian POV
I look around the smouldering ruins and start walking towards a red bell tower building, it's widows were boarded up. I shoot the last of my Blazebolt Caster into the air, I lower it and use my right hand to make a small fire storm in my gauntlet. I then slam my right hand onto my beast and it explodes in sparks, then I lift it and shoot it into the air again and watch the lightning turn into flame in the sky. I continue towards the bell tower, my laugh dying down. I reach the building, but I try a different, psychological approach. I walk up to the door and simply knock once, wait a few seconds then knock again. I hear muffled voices and shuffling inside, I step back and aim at the door.
Inside the Ponyville Schoolhouse
The foals and Miss Cheerilee wait in silence as they hear the maniacal laughing end, then they all gasp as a knock is heard. They all look at each other and then at the front door as another knock is heard.
"We gotta open it! It could be rescuers!" Aura, one of the students, say and a few others agree.
"But it could also be that monater running around!" Scootaloo argues and the others agree, even Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara. "We should wait!" She continues and some of the other group agree.
"Children, please, quiet down. I'm going to see who it is." Miss Cheerilee states and moves towards the door, all of the students fall silent as their teacher reaches for the door knob.
Storm Praetorian POV
I watch as the door knob turns and the door starts opening, I move towards it slowly. A purple pest pokes it's head out, but as it spots me it bolts back inside. I drop my Blazebolt Caster and smash my fist through the door, screams are my reward. I pull my fist out and kneel down and put my cracked visor to the hole, I see numerous tiny pests and the normal pest in a corner. I laugh and stand up, kick open the door and pick up my beast. I aim at the group and advance into the building, my gaze scanning around the room. I notice the kiddy drawings and school supplies, I locked my gaze back onto the first pest. I stop a foot away from the group, the little pests start tearing up and a few have fainted.
"You, the first pest. Come out NOW" I say and motion with my beast at the pest, it looks at the little pests. I growl and slam my boot onto the floor, smashing though it. "I will end these filthy rats if you do not leave that corner, I will make you watch as I cleanse this filth." I threaten and then finally the pest moves towards me, I point at a far corner and it moves over there. It turns around and looks at it's little pests, then at my visor. "You have saved these pests from my cleansing, by sacrificing yourself. Do not resist." I say and immediately eliminated it, I turn and look at the shivering pile of filthy pests. "You are lucky, you might be the only survivors." I state and walk through the smashed door/wall, I spot the Brass Knight standing at the burning cottage. I march over to it and nod, it nods back in return. It grabs my shoulder and I growl, but I doesn't release it's grip.
"Thank you for ending these pests, but I've noticed something." It says and I tilt my helmet. "There's another pest plague, this time there." It says and points at a mountain. I look closer and see that a palace was built into the mountain. I look back at the Brass Knight as it releases my shoulder, my thoughts running. "I wish to personally end that filth, if you wish to accompany me then I'll be waiting on the other side of these ruins. It finishs and begins to walk into the town. I look back at the mountain and nod, I turn and begin to follow the Brass Knight.
Meanwhile in the ruins of Ponyville
Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Rarity walk through their old town, tears flowing as they see the damage and piles of bones. They see a pink pony just sitting in the middle of the road, it was Pinkie Pie. They all hug her and she stands up, beginning to follow them. They spot Lyra crying over a body, then they see a group of foals running from the burning schoolhouse. They spot Fluttershy slowly hovering around, her face covered by her hair. Rainbow Dash flies over and guides her over to her friends, Fluttershy looks up and her face was ruined by the river of tears, she follows the group. They stop as they spot a tall metal monster, four of the friends flinch as it looks at them. It doesn't stop and they exhale, then the second, heavily armoured mental beast follows the first. Fluttershy starts to tear up and Pinkie Pie dashes behind her friends. They watch as the pair of metal monsters walk towards Canterlot, they look at each other and nod.
It was time to fight back.