“Alright, you ugly bunch of melon fudges...”
Rainbow Dash gritted her teeth as she shot like a bullet towards the armada of Ledomaritan ships currently encumbered by the unmanned zeppelins swarming into them.
She smirked viciously. “Time to give you a distraction you'll never forget—”
She didn't finish her sentence. She suddenly didn't have the energy to finish her breath. The pegasus' entire body went slack as an uncomfortable wave of numbness flew through her like a tsunami from behind.
At last, she sputtered, fell, and collapsed across the hull of a tiny dirigible. The pony's armored weight threw the thing off balance, so that it veered to the left, falling into an awkward spin before the hungry cannons of the three big battlecruisers.
“Unngh!” Rainbow Dash grunted, gripping ahold of the ship and hanging on at the last second. “Gah... nnngh... oh for Pete's sake...” She fought to keep her eyes from rolling back. “Not now... please, Celestia, not now. I can't...”
With a gasp, her face contorted with surprise. Sweat ran down her brow as she gulped.
“Wait... this isn't the same... this is d-different! What the...?”
Slowly, still hanging onto the ship with numb hooves, she turned to look towards the west.
Rainbow had to squint at first. It felt like a star was exploding from the heart of Blue Nova. Then, as the seconds throbbed by like veins in the corners of the mare's eyes, the city skyline once more became clear, for the light had focused to a tiny, pulsing speck, a lavender light emanating brightly from somewhere in the heart of the maretropolis.
“What...?” Rainbow Dash gawked. “Huh...?”
It was difficult to keep from passing out, but from where Rainbow clung to the spinning ship, she guessed that the light was coming from one of the many skyscrapers, and a top floor at that.
“I don't get it...” She seethed, quivering from head to hoof. “Feels... f-feels like...” A shuddering breath. “Eljunbyro...”
Her moist eyes went wide.
“...Belle.”