The air felt chilly this night. Stormcloud liked it when it was a bit cold outside, but tonight, she wasn't paying any attention to the weather. For tonight, they were infiltrating the castle of Canterlot. The pegasus' black coat and dark blue mane made her look like a silhouette tonight. Stormcloud tied her sheath around her waist and put her sword inside.
"Alright team," announced Stormcloud, "all pegasi in alpha, fly to the north tower and infiltrate through there. The pegasi in beta, fly to the south tower and force your way through there. All unicorns and earth ponies, take the back entrance, if I'm right, then the guards will be changing shifts in five minutes, giving you all time to break in and take them by surprise. I'll be flying through the main entrance. Is everypony ready?"
All the ponies said, "Yea!" in unison.
"Remember, don't kill civilians, Luna, or Celestia," announced Stormcloud. "We need Celestia and Luna alive. Now, lets show these Solar Empire bastards who the real rulers of Equestria should be. For the Creator!"
"For the Creator!" everypony said in unison.
Stormcloud then rose into the air and flew to the main entrance. She unsheathed her sword and opened the door. Inside there were five guards. Good odds for any member of the rebellion. One of the guards ran to her. When he got close enough, she kicked the guard to the ground and stabbed the guard in the head with her sword, painting the floor with blood.
This time she wasn't going to wait for the guards. She ran at them, cutting one of the guards in half as she ran by it. Then, a guard came from behind and cut her side. It felt like a bag of burning coals had been placed on her. She quickly turned around and took revenge for the cut by cutting the head off of the guard.
"Three down, two to go," Stormcloud said in her head.
Suddenly, three unicorns from her team came in and slit the guards throats while they were focused on her.
"Well, you have a way of making an entrance," said Stormcloud. "Shooting Star, did you clear out all the guards from the back entrance?"
"Yes Stormcloud," said the yellow unicorn," but the pegasi from beta team are still trying to push through the south tower."
"Well, I have confidence in beta team, they have one of the rebellion's greatest sword fighters as their squad leader," said Stormcloud.
A pegasi from alpha team flew in through the window and announced, "Stormcloud, the leader from beta team has been captured, we need your help!"
"Shit!" said Stormcloud. "Do you know where he is?"
"Yes!" answered the pegasus, "he's in Celestia's chambers."
"Alright, tell everypony in alpha squad to push through to Celestia's chambers," said Stormcloud.
"Yes ma'am," replied the pegasus.
The pegasus then flew out the window he came in through.
"Alright team, new plan," said Stormcloud. "We're going to push to Celestia's chambers and save the leader of beta team. Is everypony clear on that?"
"Yes ma'am," the three unicorns said in unison.
"Alright then, lets get moving," said Stormcloud.
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Stormcloud and her small team kept galloping until they made it to the entrance of Celestia's chambers. In front of the door were six guards.
"Get them!" said one of the guards.
The six guards charged at the rebels. One of the unicorns from Stormcloud's team levitated a sword and threw it at one of the guards, cutting threw its neck and splattering blood on the walls. Stormcloud waited for one of the guards to come to her, and was then engaged in a sword fight. She knocked the sword out of the guards hooves and stabbed the guard in the stomach, the guard then fell to the ground. Another guard tried running strait at her, but Stormcloud cut its head off when it ran by. When Stormcloud looked to her left, she saw the rest of the guards, dead on the floor.
"Good to see you've been busy," said Stormcloud. "Let's open the door."
Stormcloud opened the door to see Celestia levitating a sword over the beta team's squad leader.
"Blade, no!"