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// Chapter 11: The slaughtering begins 
// Story: Sisters Of Light And Dark 
// by KommandoStalker 
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Steeltrix awoke from his sleep to the all too familiar sounds of war and death. He bolted from his chair as he grabbed his scythe and he yelled to his brother, “IronBlood! Wake up! Alihorn has to be under attack!"

His brother was instantly awake and as they both ran out the door, Celestia and Luna were just beginning to get out of their rooms with armor on and weapons with them.

"What's going on?" Groggily asked Luna but then she heard the noises of war and she looked at her sister before the two ran out of the rooms and out of the cottage.

They ran down the road as smoke could be seen rising up from Alihorn and as they ran, Luna looked to her sister and said, “Could it be a kingdom attacking us?"

Celestia shook her head but said nothing as she continued to run onward.

They hurried towards the town and as they neared, Celestia could see bodies and blood everywhere. Fires consumed the buildings in the town in a raging inferno and then, as they slowly entered the town, the princesses saw Steeltrix and IronBlood huddled around a body, a spear through its side and blood spreading in a pool around it.

"*cough*... Th-they... They came and... We-we tried to s-s-stop them... *cough*... But we just couldn't stop that many...” Came a weak voice from the body and as Celestia and Luna approached, Celestia saw it was a Warrior pony but she didn't recognize him. But as she approached, she knew he was dying and as she stopped near the Warrior pony, he looked at her and she saw a small dribble of blood leak from the corners of his mouth.

"Your-your highness... I'm... Sorry..." He said to her as he coughed.

Celestia didn't know what to do in this moment and as she slowly stared at the pony, his head slowly rested on the road and then, from his armor, six gems popped off and clattered to the ground.

"He's gone." Muttered Steeltrix as he and his brother bowed their heads low to the pony's body.

Luna looked around the town, at the devastation that had been wrecked upon the town and as she looked around, she asked aloud, “Who could have done this?"

Steeltrix raised his head, as did his brother, and he said, “Shadow Warriors... We manage to get here just as they were leaving...."

"Why would they do this?" Celestia asked them.

Steeltrix lowered his head as he said,"... Because I mentioned... That you were going to maybe create a Rebellion... This was one of the guards from the caravan that came by the cottage a few days ago... They... His group tried to rise up but the Shadow warriors got help from another patrol and a punishment for enticing a rebellion... They killed the town and now it burns..."

Luna took up a bucket of water and began to douse out the flames but most of it was slowly dying out, no longer having enough fuel to be consumed.

Celestia looked around, looked at all the devastation... And she wept at this. As her tears patterned onto the ground, IronBlood look to his brother and he said, “We can't leave them here." "Them" meaning the bodies.

Steeltrix nodded and as they left to help bury the bodies, Luna walked to her sister and together they wept at such terribleness.
And then, Celestia looked around with puffy eyes and she said,"... We... We must begin a rebellion... This cannot happen again..."