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// Violence is magic 
// Story: Theory of nothing 
// by Elidjz 
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"Now git out there and krush dem all!"





Everyone quickly retreated inside and more and more objects fell into the seats crushing anyone unfortunate enough to be there.

I followed the mass of shadows carefully moving through the stadium's hallway. They were pulling all kinds of weapons out of lockers,previously locked rooms and even from inside a few broken vending machines. 

Many went to the upper levels with bows, crossbow, bombs and other kinds of ranged weaponery. The majority had all kinds of both blunt and sharp weapons on them and a few of them carried shields. Some actually looked like professional soldiers as they were wearing some intricate sets of armor, unlike the rest who wore either broken and rusty plates of metal or nothing at all.

I tried not to stay in their way and not attract any kind of attention, but my own glowin, shiny armor and mace made the latter practically impossible. One of the beings who was given orders and wearing a peaked cap saw me, and after looking at me with a curious stare, made it clear that I should follow the rest towards the lowers levels, by pointing at the stairs.

I tried to say no but a surprisingly threatening glare shut me up. So I just nodded and went down. I reached the entrance and saw that no one had gone outside. They were all waiting inside for anything stupid enough to rush inside. Some peaked around the corners to try and get a look at whatever was outside. 

I tried to see if Cosmo was around, but I could not find him anywhere.

I squealed as something tapped on my shoulder. This caused a whole bunch of the shadowy beings to stare at me and a few let out a chuckle. I turned around and saw the pony-faced being that wanted me to give some kind of big speech. Well that wouldn't happen anymore.

I actually only recognised him because of the piece of paper in his left hand and his six long legs. He was wearing some very thick goggles and the lower part of his face and heck were covered in cloth. He was wearing a big belt around his waist and had suspenders attached to it. All of which were covered in pouches and bags. In his right hand he held a strange object made out of wood and metal.

The metal part was basically a hollow cylinder. One side was attached to a piece of wood and the other side was wider and had holes in it. The wooden part was wider, but shorter than the metal cylinder. It was strangely carved and seeing how he held it with his left right hand it was probably carved like that so it would be easy to hold. There was also a rectangular hole into it. A strange looking bolt on top of the contraption.

 There was also a trigger attached to it, it was much tinier and more refined than the ones used back in Equestria. 

Probably because we don't have fingers.

"Can I call you Fred?" I asked him. His fingers in his right hand swiftly shifted through the tiny pile of papers. It was pretty impressive that he could do that with one hand. As he shifted through them I saw that all the papers had one word written on it. Words like; no, left, up, back or behind and other stuff like that. One simply had an exclamation mark drawn on it. He stopped when he reached the piece of paper with the word yes written on it.

"Ok Fred, so what happens now?" I asked with a nervous smile. He shoved the papers into one of his pouches, pointed towards the entrance to the stadium and then put one of his fingers across his throat. I confidently guessed that that meant nothing good. 

I decided to ask him what the contraption that he was holding was, as I had nothing better to do. "I know you're busy, but what is that thing that you're holding?" He pulled out a piece of paper with the word gun written on it. 

I took a careful peek outside out of curious stupidity. Most of the lights had gone out. I could actually see some lanterns that had clearly been smashed to pieces.

And then I heard the sound of movement. Like if hundreds of tiny creatures were skittering towards here, alongside something much bigger that shook the earth with each step that it made.

And then I saw their silhouette and the glint of their eyes. They were slowly approaching using the darkness as cover. I quickly went back inside. The look on my face told the shadows inside everything they needed to know. This was quickly confirmed by other beings that had been taking peeks outside.

Fred and another bunch of beings that were holding "guns" moved and put themselves in front of the entrances. They aimed said guns through all kinds of gaps and holes. And then they pressed the triggers.

And I was then deafened and blinded. Hundreds of bright flashes of lights appeared out of the contraptions alongside hundreds of deafening loud bangs. Fred moved the bolt of the gun each time he fired it. I could hear the pained screeches of the creatures outside.

I had to admit that I was slightly impressed at the efficiency of those "guns". The longer they could keep the creatures at bay, the better. 

And at that exact same moment a barrel was thrown through one of the doors and slammed into a few of the shadowy beings. This distracted pretty much everyone inside long enough for the creatures to get close. 

The first creatures to enter were slender and had dark gray scales. Their front legs ended with claws twice the size of my horn and they had a pair of extremely thick horns that covered the back of their reptilian head and they had multiple tinier horns on their snout. They were also followed by some of the tinier creatures.

The beings with bows, crossbows and guns retreated to the back, allowing the armored and shield bearing beings in the front. The beings in the front took out knives, swords, clubs and other kinds of weapons as the creatures lept on them. 

Everything quickly devolved into a bloody melee. 

And I was in the middle of it.

Cosmo was nowhere to be seen.

Blood splashed onto my face as a being was dismembered by very long claws.

And the amulet started glowing again.

And something sharp flew into my direction.