Fire and destruction litter the streets of the Equestrian capital. Their military is untrained at fighting anything bigger than a looter, so hundreds of them die before my eyes through the binoculars. I have a slight smile as they fall, their blood covering their white coats. I take of the binoculars and set them beside me.
I activate the radio.
"Scouting Wing, do you see the dragon?"
They should be on the other side of the mountain, so the signal is weaker, "Y-ah, it is o- this side,. But hurry!"
"Men, you heard her!"
The thumps of hundreds of strong wings flying cover my ears, reminding me of an actual military. In only a minute, we see the dragon peeking from behind the mountain, slightly smaller than I remembered.
I guess the necromancer's magic may be slightly weaker, so this is a great time.
"Snowflake, send your wing to the ground, we need to contain the beast!"
"Yes sir!"
[thump-thump]
The undead dragon spits humongous fireballs towards Snowflake's wing, but they dodge at break-neck speeds.
"Captain Dust, we need you to create a hurricane around the dragon, its magic for fire seems stronger than I remember!"
"Yes sir, you can count on me!"
[Thump-thump]
"Drivers, let my platoon onto the ground in front of the mountain, we need time to prepare the spells!"
[Huff-Huff, Thump-thump]
As we land, Snowflake contacts us, "We got it captured with the indestructible black lines of stuff you made us, but we do not know if it will hold!"
"I hear you, Snowflake... Dust, how is the hurricane?" I wipe my sweat.
"A few of burned out, but the hurricane is starting soon... wait..."
I feel strong winds blasting me backward. My binoculars slap me in the face.
"Unicorns!"
The wind stops, a rainbow of color around us. A low hum comes from the bubble.
"Earth ponies, carry your unicorn brethren, we need as much of their energy as possible!"
[Urgh, hmmm~]
"Forward march!"
We walk down the tattered streets, cluttered with some dead ponies. Some of them part of Dust's group, making some of the earth ponies tear up in rage. Perfect.
"RAUUUGHHHHH" bellows the dragon in front of us, making the bubble rumble.
"Unicorns... release the bubble, Earth ponies, you know what to do!"
The earth ponies interlock with each other, leg in leg, with the unicorns behind them, as to avoid wind catching them.
"Snowflake, detach the lines in T-4 minutes!" I yell through the radio, the wind starting to pick me up.
I see a wagon wedged into the side of a fallen building. I go in it.
The hurricane picks up the humidity produced by the massive amounts of clouds made by the city that we had not used. The dragon bellows once more, but is more dulled and weaker.
"Dust, get out of there, now!"
"Yes sir!"
[thump-thump]
They flew down here, grabbing the charged unicorns with harnesses they made. This is one of the few reasons I had all unicorns on a diet.
They lift their flight buddies with all their might, and begin to ascend into the hurricane...
[Thump-Thump]
[RAUGHHH—]
The sound of intense magic lasers shatter my ear drums. The light inside the hurricane was of a horrifying measure, coming even through the wagon's cracks. The magic amplifies the hurricane, which causes a large wind to crash into the wagon, knocking me out cold as I hit the floor at 50 mph.
...
I get up, my forehead bloody, and see I am in a hospital bed. i look left and see Snowflake.
"Snowflake, can your group go get the dragon bones?"
He nods, "But where do we put them, sir." He sounded happy, but also sad.
He had lost friends. I scoot away from him, for he should mourn... not be emotionless.
"There is a basement below the Watch Tower/Mayor Spire."
"There is?"
"No..." I smile, "But I am sure everyone belives we should bury this poor sod near us, for he is one of us."
"How is he one of us?"
"Like all of us... we are controlled by a higher power." I smile, "But, soon, I will ensure that no one is controlled like that."
He salutes me, and I finally see he was crying earlier, his eyes red.
"Go on, my friend, and mourn." I close my eyes for a second, "Bury your friends in the Everfree, for it is only there that their bones will never be disturbed by some fiend." I look at him, saddened.
He nods, a tear coming down onto his slight smile.
"Now, if you excuse me, I should sleep... but, first, where am I?"
He thinks for a second, rubbing his large chin.
"We are in the hospital in Cloudsdale, but the name always eludes me." he smiles widely.
He waves goodbye and turns off the light, allowing me the tranquility of darkness.
Blinking a few times, my eyes see some writing on the wall in glow-in-the-dark ink.
'Sleep well, mayor Wright!', 'Get well soon!', 'You're a hero, sir!'...
"A hero, eh?" I go under my covers and feel their silk and linen rubs against my newly clean skin.
...
The moment before I sleep, I feel words come out of my mouth...