//------------------------------// // Chapter 5: 'Ka-Boom' Is An Understatement.. // Story: Heat // by TLP //------------------------------// 32,000 feet below, outside Canterlot Castle.. Royal Guards were outside Canterlot Castle, trying to calm down the citizens and explain what is going on around Equestria, and why the Princess' were missing. Inside the castle, Prince Blueblood was relaxing and somewhat relieved that the Princess' were gone, but he was still annoyed from all the noise and panic going on outside as he tried to take a simple nap. He was informed about the Everfree Forest invading, but he didn't care the slightest. Blueblood then groaned as he covered his ears to ease the noise, but it didn't help the slightest. He then heard rapid hoofsteps as he raised his head and called out to a guard. "Hey, you! Guard! Can you please try to calm the pheasants outside? I am trying to take a nap, thank you very much!" Blueblood commanded as he groaned again and put a pillow over his head. The guard just rolled his eyes at his arrogance, but had no choice, as Blueblood was, unfortunately also Royalty to some degree. "We are trying are best, Blueblood. Rest assured that we will take care of the 'noise' as soon as possible." The guard said. "Well then GET to it, guard! I don't know how long I can last!" Blueblood said as he squeezed the pillow over his head harder. The guard grumbled as he started running outside to the courtyard, but stopped in his tracks as he and Blueblood heard several loud whooshing sound above their heads, making the guard and Blueblood cover their ears as a loud boom was heard. "What was THAT?!" Blueblood tried to shout over the unbearable noise. "I have no idea! It sounded like a Sonic Rainboom, but so much louder!" The guard shouted. The noise outside was muffled by the noise above. Then after the noise resided, the ponies outside started speaking frantically about what made the noise. "I think it was Sombra!" "Maybe it was an explosion! Oh no, my cupcakes!" "It sounded like Rainbow Dash's Sonic Rainboom!" "Did anypony else see four weird things fly over us?!" The guard then ran outside and joined other guards as they tried to calm them down, but they were just as confused as the citizens were, but didn't express it openly. "Everypony calm DOWN! We are currently handling the situation with the Princess' being gone, and the Element Bearers are looking for them as we speak!" One of the guards shouted. The ponies the got even more worried. "You let them go by THEMSELVES?!" "Are they escorted by guards?!" "Suck my ass, Clover! You don't know me!" "Hey, what's that big metal thing in the sky?" Everypony's talking stopped when somepony in the crowd said that. They then looked up into the sky and saw a huge, fat, cylindral metal tube gleam from the sun as it slowly fell down towards them... Prince Blueblood's P.O.V Blueblood then got up from the couch, and lazily walked towards the doors. He then opened them, covering his eyes with one forehoof and was about to shout at everypony to shut up, but he saw them all looking up into the sky with their eyes open, along with the guards. "What are you foals looking at?.." He said as he looked up to the sky, seeing what the other ponies were looking at. He then heard a slight whistling sound as the metallic object soared down towards them. "What the-" Blueblood was then cut off as the metallic object connected with a Royal Guard, crushing him, and then the last thing he saw was a bright white flash, and an unholy burning sensation hit him like he was sent to Celestia's sun, while seeing the surrounding ponies disintegrate out of existence.