"Twilight, come on! It isn't safe here. We really have to go!" Fluttershy begged of her friend. The Ursa may have been roughly a hundred yards from the library, but she could see the strands of its fur as if she was standing next to it. "The Royal Guards are here now. They'll handle the situation...I hope. Even Shining Armor is here!"
She had to double take when hearing her brother's name. It was nice to hear he was in town but wished the circumstances could be better.
Another group of books came into her view as she resumed her hunt. One particularly thick manual about legendary and mythical creatures revealed itself to her. "Ah ha! This is it!"
"Then let's go already! You can go over it as we get out of here. Please!"
She ran upstairs to grab her saddlebag for the book. Though she could levitate it to wherever they were going to run to, with all the commotion, she ran the risk of dropping and damaging it.
"Alright, I'm ready." Twilight threw the door open and they bolted south.
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"So do you think these Element things of yours will work?" Matt asked. They just passed Sugarcube Corner and were on the last leg of the race to the library.
"They worked against Nightmare Moon and Discord. Should work here too Ah reckon."
Rainbow Dash rebutted, "You sure? We've never used them on anything that big before."
"Size shouldn't matter, dearie. At least I hope that's the case."
Matt turned to Rainbow. "Can you scout up ahead and see if you spot Twilight? This is taking too long on foot."
"On it!" She sped ahead high over the tops of the buildings and quickly spotted Twilight with Fluttershy tagging behind. Matt and the others were heading right for them! Rainbow swung down to greet her equine friends.
"Twilight! Fluttershy! Thank Celestia! The others are heading this way. They wanna try and use the Elements of Harmony against that thing."
Twilight bit her lip upon hearing the intended plan. "I'm...not sure if that's going to work. I'll explain when we're together." Not wanting to waste any time, they continued their gallop ahead.
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It was only a moment or two before the two groups finally met. They stopped a moment to catch their breath. As they did, the Ursa bellowed in the distance, stealing a collective gasp. They turned to watch the fleet of Royal Guards flying circles around it and hurling their spears. It stood on its hind legs and swatted at several pegasi that got a bit too close. Three of the guards were sent rocketing to the ground as the behemoth crashed back down onto its forelegs. It stomped its way towards the injured guards, determined to finish them off, before their comrades swooped down and got them out of danger.
The force of the Ursa slamming back to the ground was felt for almost a mile. Matt and the girls collapsed again, and the quake opened a large crack in the street. They jumped away to avoid possibly being swallowed by the earth as the opening grew wider and longer down the road. Several pipes underground burst open, spraying pressurized gasses and water in the air.
"So, what's the story? Are we gonna go get the Elements of Harmony or what? If we wait much longer, there won't be a town left!" Pinkie stressed.
The rampaging monster a short distance from her home wasn't the only reason Twilight was panicking. "The Elements are stored away in Canterlot right now. Even if we got there as fast as we could, Pinkie's right. The town would likely be totally destroyed.
"That's not all though. Once things had settled down after the Nightmare Moon incident, I did some more research about the Elements of Harmony. They don't work against things that are considered natural. Ursas don't have any concepts of harmony and chaos and whatnot, and if what I read about them is correct, why it's even here is also just natural. Therefore..."
"Oh no..."
"Why do you think it's here?" Rainbow asked.
Twilight gulped. "To...to feed." The Crusaders held onto their sisters tightly, and Scootaloo onto Matt. The rest of the group went pale. "Few ponies wrote about Ursas because they were too terrified to go near them. Those that did said they rarely saw the Ursa leave its cave, but when it did, it was usually to eat. A lot, and anything it could get its paws on. I can't even begin to imagine how much it'd need to eat to feel satisfied."
"And you're sayin' the Elements ain't gonna work on it?!"
She shook her head. "The Everfree Forest manages itself and thus could be considered in harmony, even when it's scary or destructive. The Ursa's not deliberately trying to terrorize the town, it's likely just looking for food if what I found was accurate. We're just...kind of in the way."
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The Royal Guards flowed around the giant beast like water. One pegasus would throw his spear – albeit with superficially ineffective results – and another would swing down and grab it before it fell to the ground. When the pegai would get in a little trouble, the unicorns on the ground ahead of the beast would get its attention with some well placed magical blasts.
Shining Armor's unit cautiously crept up as the Ursa slowly headed into the forest, chasing after the pests. One pegasus got lucky and his spear flew toward the monster's face, almost catching it in the eye before the Ursa quickly shut it. The damage was done though, and it cried out in pain. It shook off the injury and lashed out violently at the flying warriors but caught nothing but air. The soldiers nodded at each other confidently. The plan seemed to be working and any major catastrophe to the town looked to be averted.
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'It was hurt...' Matt thought to himself after watching what happened. "No one's ever beaten one of these things? Not even someone as powerful as your princesses are supposed to be?" he asked.
"How would you expect to beat it? It's enormous! What possible weaknesses do you think it could have?" Twilight snapped.
Matt fired right back, "Everything has a weakness." Suddenly, his chest exploded in pain as it had just a short while ago. He fell to his knees and clutched his heart. The moment was brief but still tore apart.
"Oh goodness. That happened to you the day of that picnic too," Fluttershy said. The others saw the outburst as well. They glanced nervously at each, not only concerned for his well being but also because of the events that followed after his first stint with his random chest pains.
"It happened earlier at the Boutique too. Matt, sweetie, what's wrong?"
He struggled against the pain like he did at Rarity's. 'The fuck is with me today? What's making this hurt so...much?' He opened his eyes wide after the agony subsided and stared at the giant. The Ursa taking a spear to the eye replayed in his head. "That's it," he mumbled.
The monster stopped chasing the guards and sniffed the air. It turned its head back toward Ponyville curiously. The rest of it followed a moment later, despite the numerous spears being thrown its way. Shining Armor's squad saw the Ursa coming back to the town and fell back several yards. He performed his protective spell and lifted a gigantic magical wall in front of Ponyville and his squadron, almost losing his concentration with each stomp.
"What's it?"
He ignored Twilight's question and stayed knelt on the ground with a multitude of thoughts flying through his head. Matt darted his eyes around putting the pieces of a plan together.
"Ah, it's coming back! Everypony run!" Pinkie shrieked.
"No! I...I have an idea," Matt said. Despite what he hoped was going to be a successful plan, he looked utterly heartbroken. He looked at his friends and realized no one in their right mind would want to do what he just thought up. He took a moment to contemplate what his idea would mean to the others and felt suddenly alone. They'd never go along with it.
"What'd you have in mind?" Rainbow asked impatiently.
"I...can't tell you. But I can tell what I need to get the plan off the ground, so to speak. Some of it's going to sound weird, but you're just gonna have to trust me. Does anyone have any duct tape?"
"Duct tape?"
"Just trust me."
Applejack cut him off, "Yeah, Ah have some in the barn, in one o' those big metal toolboxes. It should be in the corner. One o' the big bottom drawers."
Matt nodded and looked to the cyan pegasus. "Dash, that's probably the farthest thing from here I need. Meet us at the library. Go!"
"On it!"
He knocked his fist against his head, trying to spark the next part of his plan to the forefront of his thoughts. "Twilight, do you know any spells that can make you see in the dark like a cat or an owl or something?"
"I know I can find a spell like that in one of my zoology books, but the library's a disaster!"
"Pinkie, go with her. An extra set of eyes will help. You guys have a hospital I assume?"
"Oh oh oh oh oh! The Cake twins were born in a hospital over that way!" Pinkie said, pointing northeast. Another quake hit as the Ursa got closer to Shining Armor's defenses.
He silently begged that they were as modern as the ones back home. "Do they have a hazmat area?"
The girls couldn't have been more perplexed. Twilight finally spoke up, "Err...I would assume so. They've made a number of advancements with vaccines and medicine. Were you planning on infecting the Ursa with something?"
"No, it would take too long to do anything, and I'd run the risk of infecting one of us. I'll need one of the hazmat suits. I just hope that what I need of it actually does the job." Matt couldn't admit to them his intentions just yet since it could make or break the plan. "Applejack, Rarity, you go get one, okay?"
"Um, do you need me to do anything?" Fluttershy mumbled.
He heard the Crusaders' whimpers and looked sadly into their petrified eyes. Scootaloo was the only one who had moved since the group came together and that was only because of Matt's internal pain.
"Keep the kids calm as best you can. There's something I need to get at Sugarcube Corner. I'll see you at the library. Now get going!" He took off to the bakery without seeing the others leave, hoping that they'd listen and stumbling after a few steps because of another tremor.
Pinkie cocked her head and yelled, "Sugarcube Corner? This is no time to bake a cake, Matt!"
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Rainbow arrived at Sweet Apple Acres as the others were just leaving to their assigned tasks. Some of the trees she flew past had been toppled over and completely uprooted thanks to the Ursa. She dove into the barn and spotted the toolbox that Applejack must have been referring to. Sure enough, the duct tape was right where the country pony said it would be. She took off back to the library, leaving a rainbow trail in her wake.
"I hope he knows what he's doing."
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Twilight and Pinkie sorted through the mess the library was searching for any animal related text. They arranged the books in the main room into a pile and tossed them into the next if what they selected wasn't what Twilight was looking for.
"What about this one?" Pinkie scooped up a book called Living Like Animals: A Magician's Guide to Harnessing Their Special Abilities.
Twilight took it with her horn and searched the table of contents. "Cats.. heightened senses.. retractable claws.. night vision. This should work!" She flipped to the chapter and read about the spell and how to perform it. She slipped it into her saddlebag as a rumble came from just outside the library. Twilight begged the library didn't collapse on itself as she and Pinkie raced outside to wait for the others.
"I sure hope he knows what he's doing, Pinkie."
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Rarity and Applejack got to the hospital and saw Nurse Redheart moving patients outside with some of the doctors. Many of the patients appeared to have slices and cuts, likely due to the windows shattering.
Applejack spoke up, "Ah don't know if they're gonna let us in. They look to be evacuatin' everypony. It probably ain't safe in there if they gotta clear out the place."
"Don't you worry about her. I'll get us in," Rarity assured her. They got to the front door only for Nurse Redheart to cut them off.
"Sorry, ladies, but nopony's allowed inside. Our labs upstairs had an accident and some dangerous materials were released."
"Nurse! Thank Celestia we found you! Some of our stallions fighting that...that monster are injured! You've got to do somethi-hi-hi-hing!" Rarity threw her hoof up to her head, sobbing and oozing drama from every word. "The whole town could be destroyed...if you don't save them!"
Rarity wasn't aware that she was telling the truth. Several of the guards had been injured during the scuffle despite their best efforts to be safe, and fortunately, It didn't take much convincing on Rarity's part.
Redheart paused for a moment. If Equestria's brave stallions and mares needed help, she really couldn't say no. The nurse turned to the doctor beside her. "Will you be alright?"
"We're almost done moving all the patients out. We'll be fine. I'll send more help once we're done here. Get going." She ran inside and returned with her medical bag in her mouth a moment later, heading towards the battle.
Applejack slipped Rarity a sly grin and they headed into the hospital after the doctors went back inside, ducking out of sight whenever they spotted anyone who may throw them out. They came across the directory and saw the listing for hazardous materials on the third floor, room 317.
The elevators were disabled due to the damage the hospital had suffered and they were forced to take the stairwell. The third floor looked like the rest of the building. Testing equipment was scattered all over the place. The contents of the drawers overhead had spilled out and most of the windows were in pieces all over the floor. They found it difficult to get around the hallways downstairs with all the debris and glass shards everywhere, and this would be no exception. Rarity's pace slowed as they got closer to their destination.
Applejack turned and scolded her, "Dangit, girl! What're ya waiting for?"
"Applejack, we're going into the hazmat area. You know, hazardous materials? You heard the nurse! What if whatever that got out gets us sick or worse? What if they cause our manes to fall out, or we catch the pony pox, or they ruin our beautiful coats and we end up looking absolutely hideous?!"
She glared at the fashionista. "Look, Ah don't know what Matt's got up his sleeve, but Ah trust him, and if he needs us to get him a hazmat suit, then we're gonna get it, and if y'all don't wanna help me and his plan fails, there may not be a Ponyville left to look at ya!" The Ursa reminded them of its presence and the building shook again.
Rarity pursed her lips, realizing she was in the wrong in spite of her rather good point. For all they knew, something lethal could be in the air, but the entire town was at stake. "I'm sorry, Applejack. I...you're right. It's just that the idea of being around all those diseases makes my flesh crawl."
"Ah don't like it either, sugarcube, but we got a job to do."
The unicorn nodded in agreement and they pressed on. They followed the signs overhead to a set of double doors and threw them open, following the room numbers down the hall. A pony in a rubber hazmat suit with a respirator turned around when they burst through.
"Whoa, hold on! Who are you and what are you doing here? You have to leave right now! There's been an outbreak and nopony's allowed inside!"
"But it's imperative we get through!" Rarity declared. "We need a suit from in there!"
He blocked their path and pushed them back out the doors. "I'm sorry, but I just can't let you through. It's for your own protection."
"Ah, buck this!" Applejack growled and kicked him square in the head, knocking him unconscious. Rarity stood there with her jaw hanging open in surprise. "Ugh, Ah'm gonna hate myself in the mornin' for that. Wait a sec. We can use his."
She leaned forward to pull the headpiece off with her teeth only for Rarity to magically grab her by the head. "Wait, Applejack! We don't know if he's been walking around through whatever it is in there. The outside of the suit could be contaminated."
"Good thinkin'. So what do we do?"
The unicorn's horn glowed and removed the suit bit by bit off the unconscious pony, folding it up in midair while making sure not to touch it. Applejack grabbed him by the tail and pulled him down the hallway to the staircase. "Can't really leave him up here."
Rarity took the lead and watched for any security or doctors. They got back to the first floor with Applejack hitting her heavy baggage's chin on each step as they had descended. She left him in a nearby room and whispered an apology to him. Better than nothing, she figured. With the suit in tow, they made a break for the exit. One of the doctors moving the patients outside tried to stop them as they ran out the front door to ask what they were doing but scrapped the idea. There were still a few left inside and they took priority.
"I'm glad that's over with," Rarity said. "I just hope Matt knows what he's doing."
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He threw the door open to Sugarcube Corner. It was conveniently tall enough that he didn't need to duck down to get inside. The last thing Matt needed was to be slowed down at all, even by something as trivial as bumping his head into a wall.
The place was in disarray as he expected. He quickly found his way to the kitchen and scanned the counters and preparation table, not finding what he was after. He grabbed the drawers by the counter and started throwing them onto the floor one by one, the contents scattering all over the place. Spoons, knives, forks, baking utensils, all jingled and clanged as they hit the tiles. 'They can always just blame the earthquakes for this,' he thought to himself. A slam of one of the Ursa's paws slid the confectionery equipment haphazardly around the floor.
He darted his gaze over the mess he made until he spotted one of his two targets. He carefully picked it up and inspected it. Its length was what he was looking for, and if it had been used, it still looked brand new. Perfect for what he needed. Matt set it on the counter close to the wall so it would hopefully not be knocked off by a more violent impact.
He spotted his second target after some searching. Upon picking it up, he stared at it, silently lost in thought. He always joked with his friends back home about being a little nuts, but what he was planning went far beyond that. He thought of his new friends he made in Equestria and how they'd feel about his decision once they saw it all in motion. A deep breath cleared his mind. He grabbed what he came for, wrapped them in a dishcloth, and threw them in a to-go bag he grabbed from underneath the front counter.
"Christ, I hope I know what I'm doing."
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Rainbow Dash, Twilight, Pinkie, Fluttershy, and the Crusaders paced nervously as the fight continued in plain view just down the field by the library. Applejack and Rarity arrived a few moments later with the hazmat suit floating in a light blue aura. The roads had been pretty cleared out thanks to the squad of Royal Guards assigned to get the townsfolk to safety.
"Where the hay is he?" Rainbow groaned.
Overhead, one of the pegasi guards reacquired the monster's attention with a well-placed spear that flew into its ear canal. The giant snarled in pain and tried to dig out the weapon, but it's long claws couldn't grip the tiny spear. Blood trickled from the injury. The deafening roar made the ponies slam their hooves over their ears, leaving a nasty ringing sound in their heads. Fluttershy was on the verge of tears and hid her head under her forelegs. The Ursa swung around and angrily chased after its enemies, suddenly not caring that it was supposed to be slow on its feet. The unicorns galloped out of its way in a hurry, leaving the pegasi to continue luring it away.
Matt finally came up to the group with his bag. "We're all here. Good. Now we can get started. Twilight, you found a spell?"
"Yeah, but I don't see what good it's going to do. The sun is still up."
"Just hit me with it before I forget," he insisted. Her horn glowed and his eyes lit up with the same purple hue that emanated from the top of her head. "Okay. Let's get set up over by the battle."
Pinkie's eyed bugged out of her head at the suggestion. "Are you nuts?! This is already too close for comfort!"
"What I've got to do I can't do alone, and I need to see what's going on over there," Matt retorted. He wasn't going to debate with anyone and ran off to front line before anypony could answer. They exchanged uneasy looks and followed behind him, except for Fluttershy who remained curled up on the ground, hiding her head and shaking.
Rainbow heard the pegasus sniveling in fear and called out to her. "Fluttershy, come on! Matt may need you! Let's go!"
"I can't! I-I'm too scared!"
She dashed back to comfort her fillyhood friend. "You think we're not? Please, you gotta come with us." Still shaking, Fluttershy looked up from behind her mane and saw the hint of fear in her normally-fearless friend's eyes. She looked over at the rest of the group, including Matt, all of whom were waiting patiently for her. She sniffled and nodded. Rainbow smiled warmly at her and they joined the others.
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Shining Armor had lowered the wall to conserve his strength when he saw the Ursa being dragged away again. Nurses Redheart and Tenderheart were tending to the injured guards. Fortunately most of the injuries weren't terribly severe. A familiar voice was barely heard by the captain between the slams of giant paws on the ground.
"Shining Armor! Shining Armor!"
He spun around and saw his little sister and her friends galloping toward them. "Twiley? What are you doing here? You have to get..." He trailed off when he saw Matt.
"Jesus..." Matt muttered upon seeing the Ursa up close.
Twilight snapped her brother back to reality. "Listen, my friend here has a plan to get rid of that thing."
"So we do, and it's working. Slowly, but it is working."
The behemoth was halfway into the Everfree Forest, still furiously trying to catch the stallion that injured its ear. Matt felt his chest tense up again. It was extremely quick but sharp, like something pinched him rather hard. It didn't hurt like the others had earlier. This time, it only angered him. The girls saw him hold his hand to his heart again, but when Matt didn't double over on the ground, they temporarily put their worry aside.
The Ursa turned around yet again and lumbered toward the town. It looked down at the small legion of guards, ponies and the single human in front of it, almost with a purpose.
Shining Armor's slammed a hoof at the ground as his frustration continued to increase. "Ugh, it's coming back again! That's the second time now. What does it want?" He sighed in annoyance. "Okay, what's your friend's plan?"
"I...I don't know. He hasn't told us yet. Matt, what do you plan to do? You've gotta tell us!"
He dropped his Sugarcube Corner bag onto the ground. He mentally noted Rainbow Dash holding the duct tape and Rarity levitating the rubber suit. They gave him the supplies and he knelt on the ground, opening the bag. He pulled out the dishrag and unwrapped what he grabbed at the bakery: two large, approximately ten-inch knives. Shining Armor took a step back and several of the Royal Guards in his presence drew their spears at Matt. The girls recoiled a bit as well.
"Uh...Matt, hon, what're ya doin' with those?" Applejack asked.
He didn't have time to answer the question. Instead, he unfolded the hazmat suit and found that the headpiece was attached at the back, flopping around openly in the front. Matt grabbed one of the knives and sliced the headpiece cleanly off. He set the blade on the ground and grabbed the hood. It had a large enough window to see through as he was hoping for. He knew a pony's head were proportionately much larger for their bodies than he was for his after living with them for so long.
He silently begged that this was going to fit him and tried it on. He pulled it down until it hit the top of his head and felt how far down the bottom went. It was past his chin and halfway down his neck.
'Whew, thank God.'
He removed the hazmat hood and set it down. The ponies were watching in wonder, trying to figure out exactly what he was doing. He grabbed the duct tape and wrapped it around the handle of the first knife a couple times, then spun it around, sticky side out. He wrapped it several times and repeated the process with the other one.
"Matt, please, what are you going to do?" Twilight demanded.
He sighed uncomfortably. It was time to tell them what was going on. "I'm going to need one more thing around here. A small, but heavy rock. I'm going to need to get its attention somehow. Rarity, can you find one quick please?"
She trotted away from the monster approaching the group, searching everywhere she could see. A few brave pegasi trying to entice the Ursa again flew in front of it and bucked it as hard as they could in the nose and took off. It voiced its anger and startled everyone. They looked up and saw the beast turning around again. Rarity returned after a moment with an acceptable stone while Matt was going over what he needed the ponies to do.
"Rainbow, Fluttershy, I'm going to need you to carry Twilight. I'm going to have her performing a spell on me, but she's going to need your wings. Rarity, Applejack," – he looked at the Crusaders, who were huddled together, visibly shaking – "take good care of the girls. They're going to need you. Twilight, how far away can you levitate something?"
"Fifty, maybe a hundred feet if I can see what I'm levitating. Why?"
He paused for a moment. He couldn't say out loud what he had to ask of her. They'd never allow him to go through with it. He leaned over and whispered in her ear her part in the plan.
Her eyes shrank as he told her. "What?! NO! I won't! You can't ask me to do that!"
"I'm not asking you. I'm telling you," he said with authority. She tried to protest but couldn't put together anything coherent. "If you don't do this, you may as well kiss your home goodbye. That thing doesn't want to leave for whatever reason. You have to promise me you'll do it."
Tears had started falling down her cheeks. "Please don't make me do this." she begged. He stared silently into her eyes, unflinching. She sobbed as the first of her tears fell down her face, knowing she wasn't going to win this argument. "Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye."
The others looked on with uncertainty. "What in tarnation did you make her promise, Matt?"
He ignored Applejack's question and turned to Pinkie. "You have the most important job here. Make sure she doesn't break that promise. There'll be a signal. It'll be rather obvious. When I give the signal...well, Twilight knows what she has to do. Make sure she does it." The pink pony nodded despite being unaware of what he asked of Twilight. He looked at Shining Armor and told him to call the troops away from the Ursa when they put the plan into action.
He picked up one of the knives and started wrapping his left hand closed around the handle with the tape. He made sure he could still spin the knife around in his grip in case it was necessary. He fumbled around trying to do the same to his right hand, but his left fingers were already strapped down, making it impossible for him to repeat the action. He had Rarity magically wrap his hand closed around the other blade for him.
Fluttershy finally spoke up and asked him again, "Matt, what in Equestria are you going to do?"
He hung his head, wishing he could avoid answering them altogether, and replied solemnly. "I'm going home."
Twilight was still crying, so he needed to ask Rarity again for assistance. He had her put the hood over his head and pull it down tight. Next, he asked her to tape down the hood to his neck as best she could, and then to wrap another layer or two of tape around that. He needed the hood to be unable to be pulled off his head if possible and to make sure nothing could get in or out.
Once the hood was set, he was finally ready to go. He took one last, long look at them. "Goodbye, girls," he whispered, his voice slightly muffled by the headpiece. He turned to Twilight. "Ready?" She wiped her eyes clear and nodded. "Fluttershy? Rainbow? You're up."
They grabbed onto her and picked her up into the air. Matt pointed a knife at the stone Rarity brought and she lifted it into his waiting arms, the knives sticking out to the sides from underneath. It must have weighed a good forty or fifty pounds, hopefully enough to get the Ursa's attention.
Twilight's horn glowed and she only strained a little to pick Matt up. She was aware of how heavy he was now, compared to when he crash landed in Pinkie's bedroom, and had little trouble lifting him into the air. As instructed, Shining Armor called for his forces to fall back to him as they went airborne.
"What's he mean 'goodbye', sis?" Apple Bloom whimpered.
"Ah...Ah don't know, sugarcube."
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"How high up are we going, Twilight?" Rainbow asked.
"A few hundred feet. We need to be higher than Ursa Major when it stands on just its hind legs." She started to tear up again, knowing what was coming. Matt was roughly a hundred feet away from her from what she could tell. The Ursa marched toward the army, now gathered up in one convenient place.
It only took a moment or two for Rainbow and Fluttershy to get them as high up as Matt needed. He looked far below, the Ursa walking on all fours directly underneath. It hadn't seen Matt overhead just yet. He released the rock and it plummeted at the monster, smashing right into the center of its back. It roared in anger and looked up. It stood on its hind legs, ready to swipe at these new antagonists. Even sticking its nose straight into the air, Matt was still about thirty feet over its head. He looked down at the ground far below and gulped. Not having anything solid directly below him made his stomach turn, but there wasn't no going back now. He held his breath and swung down his arm.
"That's gotta be the signal," Rainbow said.
Twilight closed her eyes, not wanting to watch the inevitable. Her horn stopped glowing and Matt began to fall, grimacing in fear and barely holding in a shriek.
"What are you doing?!"
All the ponies on the ground watched on in horror as he fell toward the leviathan. The Ursa snarled and opened its mouth wide and slammed it closed around Matt.
"NO!"
Fluttershy and Rainbow froze in shock and started to lose their grip on Twilight. Her horn glowed again as she nearly fell from their grasps and teleported the three of them to the ground.