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// Chapter 5 
// Story: War Between Gods 
// by Verathuum 
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	The next day all the diurnal citizens awoke, completely ignorant of the small craft flying around the Florian ships. Tiny black objects flew dizzying circles near the large Florian ships, trailing vapor and white clouds. Even though the crafts were at least eight or nine thousand feet above the ground, some would occasionally drop under three thousand feet and could become very loud, depending on where their engines were pointed, and if they were flying at supersonic speeds or not.

“What’s going on? Are we being attacked?” asked a panicked Twilight as she ran from her room having just noticed the unexplainable phenomenon, still in her pajamas, and found some of her friends on the balcony of the throne room watching the strange crafts.

“No, I don’t think so,” Rarity said noticing that the crafts were staying in a relatively small area, and rarely got close to the ground.

“Whatever they are…they’re awesome!” Rainbow Dash said to no one in particular. Equestrian flying machines like she was used to could never do the complex maneuvers and high speeds that the ones overhead could, and she loved watching these new things fly. Even the one she broke the sound barrier in could not measure up to what she saw above her.

“Wait, where’s Princess Celestia and her Florian friend?” Fluttershy asked barely audibly.

“Good question,” Twilight said as she noticed Celestia and Tennerac were nowhere to be found, “I’m sure they’d know what’s going on.”

“What in tarnation is goin’ on?” Applejack asked them half-panicking as she emerged onto the balcony, also still in her pajamas. Evidently, only Canterlot Castle was able to hear the Florian fighters since no one else seemed to be out and about yet.

“We don’t know, but it doesn’t look dangerous,” Rarity said.

“Well who can we talk to tuh get any infermation?” Applejack persisted.

“Celestia, Luna, or one of the Florians, but we don’t know where any of them are,” Twilight said.

“An’ why not?” Applejack asked.

“We don’t know,” Rainbow Dash told her.

“Actually…uhm Jolterix is sleeping right now, and Luna is probably as well,” Fluttershy whispered.

“Didn’t you just ask where they were?” Twilight inquired.

“Uhm…I actually just asked where uhm…Celestia and Tennerac were,” Fluttershy clarified as she tried to avoid eye contact.

“Well Luna and Jolterix are as good as Celestia and Tennerac,” Twilight said as she began walking towards Luna’s bedchamber.

“But they’re sleeping,” Flutteshy protested quietly.

“I’m sure they won’t mind,” Twilight said and she continued on her way.

After a few minutes of walking and near-silent protests from Fluttershy, they finally arrived at Celestia's bedroom since they happened to pass it before reaching Luna's. To her surprise, Twilight heard voices inside as they walked past.

“What if…Auflorsung?” one voice asked.

“…Everyone if they will…there,” the other voice replied. It was Celestia’s.

Twilight shushed her friends with a gesture and began listening intently again.

“If they have more of those ships…an entire fleet maybe then that might be what we have to do. A Mesa shell might be the only solution…people can’t be on the ground,” the other voice said. Twilight had assumed it was Tennerac’s. She backed away from the door and whispered to her friends.

“I think they’re talking about moving everyone over to Auflorsung,” she said.

“Why would they do that?” Rarity asked.

“It sounds like this…Mesa Shell is the only thing that can stop Discordia,” Twilight explained, “But I guess they need to move everyone out of Equestria to use it.”

The doors suddenly opened and Tennerac and Celestia stood in the doorway staring at them. “Yes, because the Mesa shell is so powerful it will kill anything in the air and on the ground in a certain radius,” Tennerac told her.

“What about a blockade?” Twilight asked, "Wouldn't setting up one be just as good since the Discordian ships couldn't get through it. I mean it would be better than moving everyone over the ocean to your country just so you can blow up a couple of bombs that would also blow up our countries?"

“That’s what we are going to do,” Tennerac said, “The Mesa shell is a worst-case scenario. If we have to use it, it’ll decimate Discordia but it might also destroy Equestria and the Crystal Empire.

“How does it werk?” Applejack asked him.

“It puts out a shockwave that destroys anything within range,” he explained, “It’s really cool, if you get to see it.”

“Well I hope you can keep Equestria and Celestia safe,” Twilight said and then walked off. Her entourage followed not knowing why Twilight was suddenly so against the Florians.

“Is she your little sister?” Tennerac asked Celestia when Twilight was out of earshot.

“No,” she replied.

Tennerac looked down the hall then back at Celestia. “Are you sure?”