Sweetie Belle's magic helped us out with our bleeding wounds. She may not have been able to heal our wounds completely, but at least she managed to stop the bleeding. I don't think dying from blood lost wound be a pretty sight to see.
Anyway, we were now walking through a forest. A cold forest. The weather started raining earlier, and now, we're soaked from this very strong storm.
My wound is close to my right horse thigh... I guess it's a thigh, I think... I don't really remember the things I've learned back in biology about animal body parts... Why do they even teach stuff in high school that aren't really important, anyway? Like that square root thingies in math class.
I sighed as we kept moving. Spike is helping me walk because it's really painful to walk with my right hind hoof. I'm really thankful for the little dude. The two of us are behind the group though, but those who were in front weren't walking faster than our pace. They're probably just scouting ahead to see if the coast is clear and all. We're in a war anyway...
I sighed yet again. Do I have to kill to survive? Do I really have to kill just to get rid of those stormy clouds back home?
B-but, I don't think I can... I'd fight if I had to, but I don't think I can kill someone...or somepony...
Where are we heading, anyway? Hm, well, my guess is we're heading back to Ponyville. I did saw a glimpse of Cloud—er, Pegasopolis earlier when we were close to the forest's edge a few times. And each time, that cloud kingdom was getting closer the more we continued our walk, but it was still too far away.
Spike had also told me of what happened after I went crazy in the library. I don't think I could believe it, but I think I should. Even the others agreed to the little dragon's tale. Mana beams struck me but had no effect? Now I wish I am also metal-proof, or sword-proof or—
"You're not an invincible pony..."
"You're very supportive," I whispered sarcastically, "thank you..."
"It's no problem, Gold," Spike replied, and gave me a small and genuine smile. I smiled back, even though what I said wasn't for him. He then turned his attention ahead. "Hey Gold..."
"Hm?"
"Can I ask you something?"
"Y-yeah, I don't see why not..."
I noticed him taking a deep breath before speaking. "Um... Tw—, uh... Hm..." He sighed. "N-no, forget it... Never mind..."
I frowned and sighed. "What is it? Come on... You can tell me..." I encouraged him with a low and determined voice.
"W-well, uh... Earlier, w-who were you shouting at?" he gave me a puzzled look.
"Oh, that," I looked ahead as I let out a small sigh. "...the voice in my head..."
"Oh..." Spike voiced out as he looked ahead as well.
Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle were now walking beside each other, and were having a small discussion. With their serious expressions, I doubt their chat is anything around girl-talk. The same to Applejack and her brother. Big Macintosh had his hooves tied up, and was being carried by Applejack. The mare was talking a bit, but the stallion kept his mouth shut.
Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo were ahead of us, and were the ones scouting and leading us to what path to take.
A bright white light blinded my vision for a short of a second.
There was a powerful crash of thunder that roared from the heavens.
"Was it..." I heard Spike's low voice. I turned my attention to him. "...was it... Discord...?"
I blinked my sad eyes at him. I felt my ears drooped as I sighed and turned ahead. "Y-yes..." I sighed again. "Yes Spike," I nodded, "this voice inside my head's Discord's...but..."
"But...?" Spike turned to me with pouring curiosity.
I shook my head. "I think I must have only imagined it... Sure, the voice is Discord, but...the way he speaks in my head... It doesn't sound like it's him at all..."
I turned to Spike, and saw him arching an eyebrow. "Have you ever met the guy?"
"Uh... Er..." I looked ahead. "Well, he's a dragon, right?" I saw Spike's nodding head from the corner of my eyes. I took that as a good starting point then. "He has different animal body parts." Another nod. "He's like a jester... An annoying one, if I should point out." Spike actually chuckled lightly at that.
"Okay, so I guess you do know him," he blinked and frowned in confusion. "But, how?"
I shrugged. "I'll explain when I get the chance... But yeah, as I've said," I turned to him. "I don't really know, or I'm not really sure, if this voice inside my head really is Discord..." I looked ahead. "I think that if this voice really is him, then the way he tells me stuff or gives me instructions would have been more...Discord-like."
Our conversation really pulled me out from my main problem: about if I should really kill others just to fix my world, but, I'm thankful anyway. I don't want to deal with that problem now or any time soon. I think I'd need to heal first before I'll start heading to the Smokey Mountains...which, now that I think about it, we're walking further and further away from... I sighed. Oh well...
"Wait," Rainbow's voice broke through the loud droplets of the stormy rain. "You guys hear that?" Rainbow's ears was turning at any possible direction.
"Wh-what is it?" Apple Bloom asked.
"S-something is..." Sweetie Belle whispered as Spike and I reached the filly. "...very very...powerful..." she gulped as the rest of our attention was on her. She shook her head nervously. "...and I don't like it..."
There was a powerful clank noise. From what I've heard, it sounded like it was from far away, but damn, it was loud enough that it sounded like it was close. We heard it again. Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo both rushed towards the edge of the forest, that was meters away. The rest followed, leaving Spike and I to follow in a slower pace.
"You can join them... I'll just follow," I offered. I don't want to drag Spike from whatever was going on.
Spike only shook his head. "That ain't happening. Now, come on."
I smiled and tried my best to walk faster. I did manage to walk faster than earlier, but my wound was as painful as heck. I tried my best not to show it, and thankfully, whatever was the source of that metallic sound caught Spike's attention. I don't want him to make me go slower. In all honesty, I am also curious of where that sound was coming from.
We reached the others. The first thing I noticed was their grim expressions. Whatever they were staring on the direction of Unicornia, I'm sure it won't be pretty. Spike helped me and we stopped beside the cyan pegasus. Upon staring at the mountain of Unicornia from a distance, Spike and I couldn't hold our surprised gasps.
The middle part of the tall mountain was opened like a two-door cabinet. Another clank sound erupted as a...large white metallic mouth of a huge cannon was slowly dragging itself out from the mountain.
"I-is that..." Applejack's trembling voice echoed along with the rain. She gulped. "...is that the iron-thing Brownie and Ah saw back inside the cave in Unico'nia?"
It stretched out even further, and soon, it stopped. It's fearsome metallic head was aimed at none other than the cloud kingdom of the pegasi. And, if I am not seeing things, I think there's a spec of purple on top of the mouth of the giant cannon.
"That," Rainbow whispered, "is not cool..."