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// Distractions 
// Story: Snapshots 
// by Shingo 
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Hundreds of ponies in the city of Canterlot were running away from danger. Slowly approaching the downtown area was a large dragon. Many of the Royal Guard were flying around him attempting to prevent further destruction. With a swipe of his claws, many pegasi were pushed into buildings. They would not be able to fly again. The dragon continued his trek after the annoyance was dealt with. About ten steps latter, roughly a thousand armoured unicorns stood in front of him. All of them had determined looks on their faces.

"Fire!" one of them said. In an instant all of their horns lit up. Bright coloured lights were shot at the dragon. He let out a brief cry of pain as sparks bounced of his body. His right claw swiped at a nearby tower, causing it to fall. From inside it came screaming. The unicorn guards turned their attention away from the dragon with the tower falling over them. In the brief moment that the guards dropped their guard, the dragon took in a deep breath and blew a column of fire at them. A jet of bright green fire turned the unicorns to ash. Their screams matched with those inside the fallen tower. The dragon tilted his head up and roared. Fire flew straight into the air as a show of...

"Spike!" a voice shouted. "Keep it down! I'm trying to study." Three sets of groans echoed into the dragon's ears.

"Great," an orange pegasus filly clicked a button on a camera. "Now we have to shoot that all over again."

"Do you think that's possible?" Spike asked. He turned around and looked at the demolished model of Canterlot. "I don't think we'd be able to reshoot the tower falling. Not without repairs." 

"Don't worry about that," a yellow earth pony filly said. She walked onto the model with a tool box in her mouth. "This should be easy to fix. And if we can't do that, we can use the backup one. Give me the vest, I'll talk to our special effects filly to see if we can get more." Spike removed a set of burnt fake scales on his chest. The yellow pony slung it over her back. Behind the orange cameramare was a white unicorn filly. She tapped the shoulder of the pony in front of her. 

"Hey, Sweetie," the camermare said. "How's the soundtrack coming along?" 

"Surprisingly well," she said. "I've composed an underscore for what we have so far. I'm having a little trouble with the action scenes though."

"Why's that?" 

"I haven't seen them yet. Anyways, Pipsqueak said that he wanted a little help with the choreography. He's at Sweet Apple Acres at the outdoor set."

"Perfect, we need to shoot a scene there anyways. Spike, Bloom," the two on the set turned their attention to the orange pony. "We need to shoot the fight scene between Ultracorn and Sudondis. Spike, follow me to the outdoor set. Bloom, can you fix this set?"

"The tower should be easily fixed," she said. "The ground will take a little time."

"We can get around that, all we need is the scene of Spike spitting fire into the air," the camermare said. "We can film the rest of that scene tomorrow. Follow me and Sweetie to Sweet Apple Acres. I'm pretty sure Dinky is there, so you can talk to her about the vests." The four of them began the trek out of the library's basement. Spike walked beside the orange pony as they ascended the stairs.

"Out of curiosity, is the Ultracorn suit ready?" he asked.

"It is," Sweetie Belle said. "We should probably pick it up before we get to the set."

"Has Pipsqueak even worn the suit yet?" Apple Bloom asked. She pushed the basement door opened and her friends followed her inside. 

"He hasn't tried it on yet," the cameramare said. "I think we should focus on the choreography before we worry about the suit." The four of them left the library and headed for Carousel Boutique. They had idle conversations about their project, and all of them agreed that it would be something great.