Huge numbers of armored pegasi swarmed all around a small town not to far away from the majestic Castle of Unicornia. The air was filled with metal and screams, lightning and mana, fire and explosions. Unicorns stood their ground as they fired beams of mana and clashed their swords and spears with the pegasi ponies.
Boulder clenched his teeth as he swung his sword towards a pegasi, but Cloud Strike simply bent down, evading the swinging sword. The pegasi kicked the ground, instantly sending himself towards the unicorn stallion. He gave the unicorn a powerful headbutt with his helmet-equipped head against the chest armor. Boulder was thrown back, and losing his balance. Cloud Strike took this opportunity to strike. Quickly, he held his lance from his back and—
A fierce beam of mana struck the pegasi on his back. He was pushed meters away from the unicorn, but luckily, his armor protected him from the attack and the explosion from the beam.
“Gyaaah!” a fierce feminine voice came from the heavens.
Boulder looked up and he froze as a sharp blade was pointed towards him, only to be deflected by another swinging blade. The spark of the colliding metal snapped the shocked unicorn back. Blinking, he saw a muscular armored unicorn pony clashing swords with a cyan-coated pegasus mare.
One mighty swing, Rainbow Dash blocked the attack with her own thin sword, but the impact sent her flying back. The muscular unicorn turned his head slightly, enough for him to see Boulder on the corner of his eye. “You okay, bro?”
“Yah...” Boulder gasped as he brought himself back to his four hooves.
“Darn these horn-headed magic freaks!” Rainbow hissed through clenched teeth as she flew in the air and dodged several beams of mana that were aimed at her.
Boulder flared his horn as he swung his sword hard, making his pegasi opponent to lose his hold on his sword. Immediately, he fired a beam of mana, pushing his foe towards a burning wooden house. He then hovered his sword above his back to block a strike from another pegasi stallion. He quickly turned, but the pegasi was quicker and sent his hind hooves on Boulder's side. The unicorn was sent flying towards wooden barrels.
He groaned as he removed the debris that buried him with telekinesis. He saw the pegasi stallion charging towards him, so with telekinesis, he threw the debris towards the pegasi. It bought him enough time to recover his footing. As quick as he got back up on all four hooves, he charged towards the pegasi, swung his sword mightily, only to be blocked by a sword from above. Looking up, he saw cyan-colored hooves pound on his face.
A dim beam of mana struck the two ponies away from Boulder. A muscular stallion then levitated Boulder back on his hooves.
Boulder grunted as he rubbed his face with one hoof. “Ugh,” he turned slightly to look at his brother, “Silver, you don't have to protect me always, y'know...”
“Can't let anything to happen to my li'l bro, y'know.” Silver grinned as both unicorns blocked the swinging swords of two pegasi ponies. “Also, I came here to tell you that...” He swung his sword hard. His foe blocked it but was too weak to hold himself. He was pushed back, losing his balance. Silver then fired a dim gray beam of mana and pushed the pegasi stallion towards another pegasi who was fighting against another unicorn. Rainbow Dash flew away after realizing that she couldn't handle two unicorns at once. Silver then turned to his brother. “Commander Starfall ordered us to retreat.”
Boulder was startled to hear his brother's words. “R-retreat?” He shook his head. “But this is our home!”
Silver smiled painfully as he brought a hoof on his brother's shoulder. “I know that bro, but we can't stay here and die in a losing battle...”
Boulder was even more startled. They're losing this battle? They're going to lose their home? He slowly looked around, and saw the wooden houses in flames. Lightning bolts struck the ground from the heavenly sky. Bodies of unicorns, pegasi and earth ponies were scattered all around. In the direction of Unicornia, several unicorns were holding off pegasi forces.
Boulder hung his head low and let out a quiet sigh. “Okay...” he nodded glumly.
Silver nodded and the two unicorns began their way towards the others. As the two were nearing the edge of their burning home town, they could see large numbers of unicorns running towards the battle zone from the empire. That must've been the reinforcements. The gloomy sky started to rain as well. Boulder smiled. They still have a chance to save their home after al—a bright white light blinded the unicorn's vision for a short of a second as a powerful loud electric explosion erupted behind him.
He stopped and spun as his heart started to pound hard and quick in fear, and his eyes gave him his older brother, who was lying on the ground, and a few electric sparks were flashing around his body. He was about to run towards him when a cyan blur came down from the heavens with speed that matched lightning itself, and instantly landing its sharp blade through his brother's exposed neck.
“Gah!”
Boulder gasped as he threw his limbs in the air in shock and fright. His breath was deep and fast, and his heart was pounding so hard that it was deafening. Few seconds flew by before he realized that he was inside his dim room. He relaxed himself to calm himself down. Finally recovered, he took a deep breath and let out a very frustrated sigh before rolling back on his bed.
A tear rolled down from one of his eyes. He didn't mind as he thought about that dream he just had... It was such a long time now since he last had that dream...that reminder of that very heartbreaking day.
He sighed. If it weren't for the reinforcements, he too would have been killed that day...but... His brother's eyes...he saw how the light escaped his brother's eyes...
Boulder sobbed as he covered his entire face with his thin blanket.