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// Rescue 3 - Aftermath 
// Story: Against All Odds. 
// by The_Chill_Author 
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Celestia POV

I was disappointed, I looked at my little ponies only three of them got in harm's way the others told me they were guarding the ships. Rainbow Dash's right hoof was in a cast and she had crutches, Twilight's ribs were broken and Starlight was in good condition but Shining Armor, however... Shining Armor was good physically but not mentally this was his first loss in his records. My little ponies were standing before me, I stood tall over them and my sister crossed her arms shaking her head.

"My little ponies, you put yourself in harm's way and two of you would be killed. I have but only one question, why?" They didn't say a word each of them looking down to the ground like a bunch of scared kids. I always hated having to do this, Rainbow Dash surprisingly spoke first.

"We thought that we could handle them, I mean we beat Discord and-" Rainbow Dash awakened something within me, hate, motherly love, and overprotection.

"They're nothing compared to these monsters!" I snapped making everypony but my sister Luna flinch, I sighed and rubbed my eyes.

"Listen my little ponies, these... these monsters aren't like Discord, Nightmare Moon, Chrysalis, and even Tirek for that matter. They wouldn't even stand a chance against these monsters, you see... 1,600 years ago when Discord was running amok, someone beat him, badly, he wasn't as strong as he used to be which caused us to beat him. The one who beat Discord was Thanos and his allies, Thanos wielding all of the stones beat him and snapped him like a twig. When we later caught Thanos when he was sleeping and brought him to the Castle of Two Sisters he had a certain charm back then. One year passed and we... Started to date and eventually got married. When I wanted to wipe all evil from Equestria he disagreed, stating that too much harmony will cause chaos and bring nothing but despair. We had a fight and he left me, he went to the Storm Kingdom and the First Great Equestrian War happened, we had the Minotaurs, the Abyssinians, and the Hippogriffs on our side but he had the Zebras, the Humans, the Griffons, and of course the Storm Kingdom under his lead. Eventually, I decided to decimate the Humans because they were the most dangerous threat, we ended up making them go extinct making Thanos go into a fit of rage and destroy half of Equestria with the Power Stone. After a few years of fighting, I separated them one by one leaving Entity for me to fight we fought and I won, Grievous was shot down by one thousand Royal Guards, Rob Lucci was beaten by King Iron Horn, Sally was cut into pieces but survived, Rapunzel was held down by the Abyssinian Queen at that time, Supergirl was caught sleeping and was sent to prison and Thanos... He fought at one final stand with all of his men under his control, we clashed, the fight lasted for a full month and in the end, Thanos fought valiantly but lost. What I'm telling you is... Thanos is too much for you to handle, it took a full month to take him down with a whole army. How much is the fight going to last when six little ponies go at him? One minute without his stones and barely even ten seconds with it. Please, go home, I'll call upon you when the time is right." I turned around and the guards and Luna followed me. 

"I-I think she's right, w-we're too inexperienced." Fluttershy turned to the group.

"Yeah ah guess..." Applejack rubbed the back of her head.

"I wanted to kick some evil butt!" Pinkie Pie whined Rarity sighed.

"It's my fault if it wasn't for me, Rainbow Dash and Shining wouldn't be like this. I'm so sorry." Tears flushed down Rarity's face and Fluttershy and Starlight came to comfort her.

"Come on girls, let's go..." They walk-off and go to their ship, meanwhile someone in the shadows hummed.

"Looks like there are Displaced here, hm, I wonder, should I follow them? Well, they seem fun so why not?" The figure let out a quiet chuckle, Fluttershy looked back, wondering what that sound was.

"Fluttershy come on." Twilight said as she walked on when Fluttershy didn't comply she stopped, "What's the matter?" 

"I don't know Twilight, I thought I heard something." Twilight shook her head and moves on, Fluttershy too one more look back before following Twilight.