Thanks to Cobalt (not this website unless he has the same account name for this website) for proofreading this and fixing the errors
Run. It's all I can do. Run, just run! Who are they? Bandits? Guards? Did I do something wrong? It doesn't matter. I have to run. Should I fly? No. The archers will have me down in 10 seconds flat. They're getting close. AUGH! A severe pain that could drive the toughest of stallions to tears shoots through my left wing. I grind my teeth to try and avoid blacking out. For a minute it seems that I may stay awake. I keep running. I look back to see if I'm escaping. The sight of an arrow going in through one side of my wing and coming out of the other brings back the pain. I let out a yelp of pain before tripping and hitting the cold hard ground. I fight to stay awake. Dizziness overcomes me. The world seems to be tilting. The guards arrive. They tie me up and throw me onto a wagon with four others. One looks... familiar. Before I can determine who this familiar horse is, I fall unconscious.
As I come to, I find that I lay in a small pool of dried blood. I am unable to move. No! It's really happening! I have been captured. My body begins to shake. My armor is missing. It didn't offer much protection, being made of leather, but the warmth is needed in most parts of Skymare. "I saw what they did to you." I almost forgot there were other horses on the wagon. I turned to see a mare. I slowly stood up, trying not to hit my wing on anything. The arrow was removed but otherwise I had not received treatment of any sort. The Mare was a pegasus like me. She was golden yellow and had dark pink eyes. "The name's Daring," the mare muttered. "You tried to cross the border didn't you? We shouldn't be here, you and I. It's all the Stormcolt's fault." As I looked around the wagon, not wanting to agree or disagree with the mare, I saw two others. One was a stallion. His coat looked like Daring's, but lighter. His mane was brown.
"You are?"
"Caramel," the young stallion said.
"Hey, quiet back there!", the stallion pulling the cart yelled. We're almost there.
"Where are we going?", I whispered.
"Where do you think?", said Caramel. The only place the Imperimares think is suitable for us. Our deaths.
I was a fool to think any different. Death. Is this when it will come to me? Now? My eyes tear up. I haven't even seen a tear of mine for years. Now I feel that salty liquid running down my face. No one said a word. Silence. I wiped my tears to avoid looking like even more of a... a loser. Almost forgetting the familiar mare I saw earlier, I turned to my right to see her. Celestia? I have heard of her. Many story tellers told of her silky mane. Her sparkly white coat and her unusual height. They weren't lying about her being an alicorn. Emotions swelled insinde me. She is the one who murdered the high king! I don't know if I should hate her or not. She isn't the one murdering me, after all. Her mouth is... tied up for some reason. Before I can ask the others about it, the wagon pulls into a small town. I hear a small child's voice.
"Mama, Why are those men tied up?"
"Go inside, Pip."
"Bu-"
"No buts, go in!"
The kid rolled his eyes at his mother's stern tone. He reminded me of myself when I was a filly. The cart stopped. "Get out!", the stallion pulling the cart bellowed.
One by one, we were helped out of the cart. I was the last out. The ponies that have captured us are all wearing armor so I can't look at the faces of our killers. "Who are you?" One of the ponies asked sternly. Her armor is different. She must be the commander of this squad. "R-Rainbow... Rainbow Dash," I studdered.
"She's not on the list. What should we do?", asked the pony to the right of the captain. Is this it? My chance at freedom? "Send her to the block anyway!" My heart sank. That may have been my one and only chance to escape. "NO!" I heard Daring scream. Everypony looked at her. "I-I don't want to die!" She broke into a full out sprint towards where we entered the town. "Archers, fire!" Yelled the captain. The arrow went straight through her back and sank in deep as Daring fell to the ground. She didn't move. One of the stallions went to check her vitals. "Dead!", I heard him yell. I was horrified. I looked over at Celestia and Caramel. They weren't phased at all. GRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWW! Every one looked around for the source of the deafening screech. "What was that?" One of the Imperimares asked. "Just ignore it!" shouted the captain. "First prisoner!" The stallion holding the scroll unrolled it and shouted "Caramel, to the block!" Caramel looked completely calm as he trotted over to the block. "It has been an honor." he said turning to Celestia. Celestia nodded. Once Caramel got to the block, he kneeled down. The executioner brought up his axe, positioned it, and let it fall.
I looked away, and when I looked back, Caramel's head had been completely removed from his body. The executioner stallion kicked Caramel's body away. "Next prisoner!", the commander yelled. "You! The blue one!" I froze. Me? This can't be happening. "Well, are you coming over here or are we going to have to make you?" I slowly started to walk over. Getting closer and closer to my demise. Time seemed slow. What was a few seconds seemed like hours of walking. When I made it there, a guard tripped me making me fall onto the block. I let out a grunt of pain before nodding to Celestia. She nodded back. The executioner picked up his axe, positioned it, and- GRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWW! The deafening shriek returned as something land on the roof of the building behind us. The executioner dropped his axe backward due to the force of the shake the creature caused. Everyone panicked and ran. I seized the opportunity to run too. I followed a few others and ran into a building. I started running up the stairs. Then, while running up the stairs, the wall broke. It's the dragon.