Chapter five
Enter Princess Clelstia
Landing softly on to the ground of Ponyville. Princess Celestia was still in her battle armor. By her side were the wonder bolts.
The leader of the wonder bolts, Spitfire, looked around. “What going on?” As Ponyville was the seen of total panic. Ponies running from place to place. Picking up what they could and taking away form the train tracks. At the train station Princess Twilight Sparkle, and her dragon Spike were sending messages. Poor Spike looked sick from the number of scrolls he had burned and spit up.
As Celestia was trying to take in all that was happening. When a pink pony jump up into her face. “HI! PRINCESS CELESTIA! WHAT YOU DOING! WHAT YOU DOING! WHAT YOU DOING!” Pinky Pie was stop by Derpy Whooves. Who all but jump onto Pinky’s head. The two of them then bow low, along with Time Turner.
“What is going on Doctor?” Asked Celestia. Time Turner said. “Nothing of my doing, your highness. The train is a runaway, and we have been asked to evacuate the town. I am just sorry to say that some ponies have taking up trying to save what they can before the train explosion. The problem is that we do not have a plan, and poor Princess Twilight has been trying to get one together as fast as she can.”
Princess Celestia then said. “IT IS OFFICIAL! THIS DAY CAN NOT GET WORSE!”
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“Rope!” Shouted Wild Hair. “Rope!” Shouted Fishy.
“Let fly! Lasso!” Shouted the Sergeant major, as he pump the small car along with the other Earth pony.
The two unicorn let the lasso go, and they found the Center Coupling of the train. Wild Hair, called back to the Earth ponies. “We have ropes tie to the train. You can stop pumping.”
The Sergeant Major then order. “Alright! Start pulling. I want to take that train back!” The ponies and mules all grabbed the ropes and started to pull themselves closer to the train. As Ned push on the pump cars brakes.
The train pony reminded them. “We have to get to the whistle! That the presser releases valve for steam in the boiler. If the boiler builds up to much steam it will blow up.”
Looking form the air, Luna and Arrow, study what was happening. Luna said. “Lucky for us that the land grad is going up. The Sergeant Major Big Guy has ropes tie to the train. I can see they are pulling themselves closer for boarding.”
Colonel Arrow reported. “Sergeant Wild Hair and Private Cuz have the railroad switch working. Now it is up to me to un-couple the passenger cars form the train.”
With that Colonel Arrow went into a dive. As he went down he looked to his side. With him was Princess Luna. “PRINCESS?!” Princess Luna shouted back. “YOU ARE GOING TO NEED ME TO KEEP THEM OFF YOUR BACK AS YOU WORK!”
Colonel Arrow know this was going to hurt, but he closed in his wings and dropped between the coal car and the first box car. He then stuck his legs out and grabbed the side of the two cars. His horse shoes grinded into the side of the wooden box car, but sparks flew from the side of the metal coal car, making for an uneven stop. He had to push harder on the coal car side of his body to stop. And he was right, that hurt. Now he had to grab the linking pen with his teeth, of the coupling clamp to come apart. Two problems came up. First he had stop just short of the pen, so colonel Arrow was going to have to work his way down. The second, he was still not sure how he was going to hang on after the two cars were un-coupled, and he lost his grip. Just then some lump of coal started raining down on him.
Blood was picking up coal and throwing down between the two train cars, but she had only gotten to toss three lumps when hit by a magic spell. Blood looked up and saw Princess Luna firing magic pushing spells form her unicorn horn. Not thinking Blood started tossing the lumps of coal at Luna. But, Luna say out of reach of Blood throws.
Daff shouted back. “What are you doing? We got ponies coming up form the front of the train!”
Blood look to the front and saw that Transparent Pie was walk up to the side of the train by way of a small platform on one side of the train, and Sergeant Major Big Guy was doing the same on the other side. “You fight them, I got my hooves full back hear!” Just as Luna hit Blood with a pushing magic sell, sending Blood almost off the side of the coal car.
Colonel Arrow thought to himself. “ONE-MORE-GOOD-PULL-AND-YOU-ARE-FREE-!” Just then a lump of un-aimed coal came down on him and hit Arrow between the legs. The shock and pain gave him that last yank he needed. But he fell as he lost his grip on both the coal car and box car, hitting his head on the linkage. It was all the colonel could do was grab on to the first thing he could find, and hope that he did not pass out form the pain.
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Sergeant Wild Hair and Private Cuz were standing by at the switching point. “I sure hope this works.” Said Private Cuz.
Sergeant Wild Hair nodded. “All we got to do is count the cars and though the switch right after the box car. The train cars and passengers will go on to Ponyville, but the train will take this new track.”
“I understand that, but we are going to have be real fast in switching tracks. That what I am worrying about.” Said Cuz.
Looking down the tracks, the two solders saw that there comrades had succeeded in un-coupling the cars form the train, and that the sergeant major was making his way to the engineers cab. All they could to do was pray that the gap between the train cars and the train engine would grow.
Closer and closer the train come on to the switch post. The brakes of the small pump car grinded and sparked as Ned held them in place slowing the train engine. Transparent Pie and the Sergeant major worked their way closer to the engine cab. Wild Hair and Cuz looked on as the caboose went by them, then the first of two passenger cars. “ALL MOST!” shouted Wild Hair to Cuz. “NOW!” The trick switch was pulled and the engine took on a new path.
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The conductor was worried. He knew he had to slow the train, but he was the only train pony on board. There were no brake ponies, and the brakes had to be set more or less at the same time. He was hoping that if he set the box car brake first then work his way back to the caboose then maybe the train would not tear itself apart. The conductor was about to start his clime over the first box car when look up and saw Derpy. “Can we help?” she asked. The gray Pegasus mare was with Rainbow Dash and the Wonder Bolts. The conductor explained how to turn the brake wheels on each train car and that they had to be turn at about the same time or the train would pull it self apart or crash into itself.
Each of the Pegasus ponies took off and hover over one of the brake wheels. But, then Derpy dove after something. The Wonder Bolts and Rainbow Dash look at each other until, Soarin, point to the last box car. “PEGASUS IN TRUBLE!” Colonel Arrow was still just hanging onto the train coupling. As Derpy try her best to keep him form fall off. Rainbow Dash went into a dive and was next to Derpy in a hear beat. The two of them pick up colonel Arrow and set him on top of the box car. Then each of the Pegasus ponies return to the brake wheels and started to slow the train.
Slower and slower the train cars started to come into the Ponyville train station. Princess Celestia and Twilight were on the platform as the passenger cars came to a stop at the station. Ponies all but ran out to the cars wanting only to get away form the terrifying ride. Only one stay on board, protesting. “BUT MOM, I WANT GO AGAIN!” Buttons Mash’s mother would only say. “MOVE IT, MY LITTLE PONY! NO MORE TRAIN TODAY!”
Princess Celestia called out. “Sister?! Luna!? Where are you?” It was then that Celestia hear Derpy call out for a doctor to help her. Fear drove Celestia as she ran to the last box car, and found colonel Arrow with Derpy and Rainbow Dash caring for him as best they could. Princess Twilight joined Celestia. And, just looked at the wounded colonel.
The doctors started treating colonel Arrow at once. Soon he was ready to go into an ambulance wagon. When Princess Celestia had to ask the colonel. “My sister? Where is Luna?” Arrow replied. “She went with the train and is fighting. Your highness.”
In the distance a train whistle cried out in a long single note. The conductor who was near by said with out thinking. “Train in trouble.” Princess Twilight turn to the conductor and asked. “What do you mean?” The conductor explained. “One long cry on the whistle like that means that a train is in trouble. Maybe even jumped the tracks.”
Princess Celestia had all she could take. “TO ARMS! ALL MY SOLDERS TO ME! I WILL FLY TO MY SISTERS AID. WHO WILL STAND WITH ME!”
Then the train whistle change it’s tone. Three short blast of song. Repeating it self over and over. The conductor than called out. “All clear! All clear! The danger is done. The train is in the clear!”
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