While Twilight and I were trying to comfort Scootaloo, I hadn't noticed that Dawn, Blitz, Sparx, and Bell had left. When I did notice that they were gone, Scootaloo had run out of tears. Her eyes were red and puffy. When she stopped sobbing, she and Twilight brought Twinkle to her room. This gave me some time to talk with Thunder, who looked extremely pissed off (I don't blame him either). As I walked over to him, I saw Pyro. When I glanced at him, I saw he looked tortured by some unseen force. I paid him no attention for the moment.
"Hey Thunder," I said, "How are you holding up?"
His only answer was a disgruntled grunt. Yep, he's pissed
"We can make a plan," I said quietly so only he could hear me, "a plan of revenge."
At this, his eyes darted from the ground to me. A look of interest flashed in his eyes. This lasted for only a moment and took very quick eyes to see.
"Right now, he is on his way to kill me," I said. As I was about to continue, Pyro interrupted, no longer looking tortured.
"But to do that, he is going to have to kill me first."
"And us," Twilight said, walking in with Scootaloo who nodded.
"And me," Thunder said.
"And us," Sparx and Bell said in unison walking in together.
"And me," Dawn said, walking in with Blitz (whose mane was all messed up and had a twig in it. I paid it no attention).
"And me," Blitz said immediately after Dawn (who, I just realized, also had a twig and even some leaves in her mane).
"And me," Twinkle said with a yawn.
"And us," Said a voice from just outside.
We all looked out the window to see Princesses Celestia, Flare and Luna. They all seemed to be in some sort of armor, as if expecting some sort of war. They came in, their armor not making a sound as they moved. We talked for a while about what was going on and the situation at hand. The only one who knew That Morning was dead was Luna, who had seen it in my dream. Celestia apologized to Scootaloo.
"Why are you apologizing Princess?" She asked with a sniffle.
"Because it was i who asked Shining Armor to request him on the royal guard," she answered, "Dusk, if you had accepted, you, too, would be dead by now. And we would not be ready for the onslaught that would soon follow."
"We must not let his death be in vain," Flare said.
"Shadow Blade will be here soon," Luna said, "Despite the morgue where he was being held is on the border of the Badlands."
"Do not worry, my student," Celestia said when Twilight asked if her brother was all right, "Shining Armor and his troops have retreated to the borders of Canterlot, Which is in the process of evacuation to Meclopolis, far to the east. Yes, it is home to the fabled 'Supercolt' but I will not get into that now, Pyro. Cadence is in charge of the evacuation, so there is no need to worry."
"Thank you," Twilight said with tears in her eyes, in fear of losing her only blood-related brother.
"I have just one question," I said as I raised my hand like I was in school again.
"What is it?" Celestia said all ears.
"Who's replacing Morning?"
The Princess smiled sheepishly and giggled nervously, "Well..." and continued her nervous giggle.
----------------------Scene Shift: Border of Canterlot (third person) ----------------------
"PRIVATE DERPY HOOVES, FRONT AND CENTER!" Shining Armor yelled into the group of nervous looking soldiers.
"Yes, uh... Sir?" Derpy said, stepping forward with a clumsy salute that knocked down the soldier on her right.
"I can't believe I'm doing this but, I really need a second in command... Derpy, you are no longer going to be known as Private. You are now my Second-in-Command... In replacement of lieutenant Morning."
Derpy straightened out and got a look of seriousness on her face for the first time in her life, "Yes Sir, thank you Sir."
Shining Armor, not expecting to see this side of Derpy, was very surprised. He quickly recovered as soon as he saw a large black wall in the distance. It was closing fast, "Derpy, how about you show me your leadership skill-- wha?!?"
The reason he said that was because a mark showed up on the outside of her armor. Instead of the dots that speckled her flank that was long thought to be her cutie-mark. It was a shining sword with a sun behind it.
----------------------Scene Shift: Scootaloo's house (Dusk's perspective) ----------------------
Everyone (except the princesses) stared open mouthed. Derpy had made the academy a living death trap. I still think that she did it on purpose. Come graduation, she was the only one (other than Morning) who was graduating. I had told Twilight my thoughts on that after words. And now we were having the same conversation. It had some inappropriate words in it and very sexual themes in it so I will not mention what we said... sadly.
"TWILIGHT!" came a voice from outside.
"What is it Spike?" Twilight called back, poking her head out the window, "We're sort of busy planning revenge, so could you make it quick?"
"I... have a letter for... Sparx, Pyro, Dawn, Thunder, Twinkle, and Celestial Bell. It didn't say who it was from though..." Spike answered.
The letter levitated from his claws and went into the house. The blinds went down and the letter opened. Inside was a lengthy note in sloppy hand-writing.
"Dusk? I may need your help for this. I can't read this," She said. I went over and took the note from her magic grasp.
I unfolded it and read aloud.
Attention Sparx, Pyro, Dawn, Thunder, Twinkle, and Celestial Bell. The six of you are what stands between chaos and peace. You are what I have begun to call: "The New 6" also known as The Elements of Light.
Sparx, with your heart of gold, is the spirit of compassion. Pyro, with your fiery soul and unbreakable determination, is the spirit of perseverance. Dawn, who trusts everyone and never gives up on someone, is the spirit of empathy. Thunder, with your shocking dedication and loyalty (I think you get it from your grandmother), is the spirit of leadership. Twinkle, with your enormous strength, heart, and cheerfulness, is the spirit of optimism. Celestial Bell, with your soothing voice and ability to calm even the most aggressive and fearful creature, is the spirit of Serenity.
Please do not fail me, or the people reading this.
The Author
"The Author?" Pyro asked scrunching up his face, "Who's that?"
"He's the teenage human who is writing this!" Pinkie said, appearing from nowhere and was sitting on the ceiling, "Wha--" she yelped as she fell. As usual, I catch her in midair, "That never gets old!" she said, laughing.
"Pinkie? What are you doing here?" Twilight asked.
"Ya mean what’re we doin' here?" said a voice anypony could recognize.
The rest of the Mane 6 walked in. The last one to walk in was a very pissed-off looking Rainbow Dash. Fluttershy was desperately trying to calm her down. Bell saw this and tried to help her to no avail. Every attempt just got her even angrier.
"How can I calm down when my own SON just died?!" She shouted and ran out of the house. I looked at Twilight, who nodded, and followed. Luckily, she hadn't gotten very far and hadn't flown anywhere either.
"Rainbow," I said, walking up to her, "I... I know how you feel."
"No you don't" She turned away to hide her tears from me, "You have no idea how I feel. He was the only one who ever called me 'Mom'. And nopony else will. I can't have foals, Dusk," She turned back to me, "I'm infertile. I had no parents. I was a failed science class experiment."
WARNING FROM AUTHOR: THE FOLLOWING SCENE DOES NOT PARTAIN TO THE STORY. IT IS A MINI STORY THAT I MADE UP JUAST TO FILL UP THE WORD COUNT, JUST LIKE THIS IS. ENJOY erm... ah.... enjoy.
"What do you mean?" I asked, now confused at the sudden change in storyline.
"When I was just a little unborn filly, some scientists injected me with a rainbow colored serum," she flipped her mane (which, over the few years, had begun to grow a little over her eyes) and continued, "They also maximized my capabilities. My stamina, speed, resiliance, strength, and a few other words i have no clue how to say."
"you were a scientific breakthrough?" I asked, astonished that the mother of my brother was created in a lab. awesome! I thought.
"Y-yes... but you have to Pinkie Promise to never tell anyone. Never."
"I Pinkie Promise to never tell another soul about the things you have told me today," I said, doing the motions to a Pinkie Promise.
"FOREVER!" we heard Pinkie scream from inside the house followed by a very high-pitched scream.
"Was that Fluttershy?" Rainbow asked.
"Nope," I sighed, "That was Pyro. Who, I forgot to thank you for. For all three of them. If it weren't for you and Fluttershy, Twilight and I might not have... well you know..."
While we were walking back to the house, we heard a cannon that has to do with partying go off. I looked at RD and she looked at me with a huge grin. I knew we were both thinking the same thing. Pinkie Pie is back.