The Day the Bombs Fell
The day the bombs fell, Equestria was in absolute panic. I remember, it was only hours before they fell that I was sitting on a plush couch in my cozy living room in Canterlot. I know that I wasn’t one of the richest people in Canterlot, but I had my fair share of wealth. I levitated a small cup of coffee in front of my muzzle and drank it down greedily. I was absolutely exhausted. I had spent the day charging magical crystals for the war effort. I felt my magic starting to falter and put my cup down. My head was pounding and my horn was in slight pain. I sighed deeply.
It was about 11 at night, Princess Luna’s moon shone brightly above in the sky. My eyes began to droop, even the coffee didn’t stave off my exhaustion. I trotted down the dimly lit hallways, I snuffed out candles as I passed by them, no point in having them still burning. I pushed open the wooden door into my bedroom, the covers were still a mess from when I rolled out of bed this morning. Oops, I thought to myself as I climbed into my warm and cozy bed. I blew out the candle on my bedside table, I must’ve forgotten to blow it out when I left for work in the morning. I slowly drifted off to sleep.
A couple of hours passed when I heard it. The blaring noise of the air raid sirens, it sent my heart into my throat. Oh no, not now, I thought to myself. My heart was racing as I scrambled to grab things that I had forgotten to pack into my bags. It was about a week before that I had bought a train ticket to take me as far away from civilization as possible. I threw my pack onto my back and ran down the hallway. Even though my magic was pretty much drained, I floated a few extra cans of food into my saddle bags.
I ran out the door not bothering to shut it behind me as I raced down the streets. I looked up to see a beautiful bubblegum pink bubble forming itself around Canterlot. Ponies were running around the streets in panic, I saw a few guards beating down ponies who tried to pick a fight to get into the Stable. Panicked cries echoed all across the Canterlot streets as I pushed through the crowds to get to the train station. As I finally got to the station, I heard the last thing I wanted to hear today. I tall stallion was arguing with a Royal Guard to allow him to get on a train out of here.
The stallion said to the guard with great anger “I bought a ticket last week! I demand that you allow me on this train.”
The guard began to glare at the stallion, “No one is allowed in or out of Canterlot by order of the Princesses.”
The stallion spat on the guard, “I hope you rot in Tartarus.” He spoke with venom before stalking away. I felt my heart drop into my stomach, no no no no no!!! This can’t be happening! I walked over to the guard, hoping he would allow me to pass if I used the “I’m a member of the Ministry of Arcane Sciences, let me pass.” card.
“Please gentle sir, I am a member of the Ministry of Arcane Sciences. Let me pass. I have important work to complete for Twilight Sparkle.” I gave him my best pleading face.
"I am to make no exceptions, even for pretty mares and Ministry workers.” He spoke in his deep commanding voice.
With my head turned low I trotted into the mare’s room of the station. I was splashing cold water on my face when it happened. I heard the loud explosion as the bomb went off. I walked over to a window in the bathroom, one that faced towards the center of Canterlot. I was surprised to see a sickly pink colored cloud spreading across Canterlot. I watched as ponies began to literally melt into the ground. I was simply horrified.
I ran into a stall so I wouldn’t have to watch the panicked ponies running away from the cloud but failing. I put on a magical amulet of healing, it was a prototype I had been working on for Ms. Sparkle herself. I also put on a pair of earplugs to block out the horrified and pained screams of ponies as they melted into the ground, the Cloud melting their bodies into nothingness.
That’s when it happened. The Cloud was advancing faster and faster towards the station. The Pink Cloud began to seep in through the vents of the bathroom. I was filled with the most excruciating pain possible. I swore that I was beginning to melt into the floor, but I was filled with a warmth that coursed through my body. It felt like sunshine on a warm summer day.
I was so tired and so sleepy. It must’ve been that amazing warmth that just seeped deeply into my bones. I took out my earplugs because what does the sound of dying ponies matter when I’m dying anyway? I took my final breath and fell asleep.
I felt like I was asleep for thousands and thousands of years.
When I finally woke up, the crystal had lost it’s magic. The walls of the bathroom were beginning to sag. I slowly got up, my bones aching in protest. I trotted over to the mirror, it was dirty and cracking, but the image was just the same. I looked at myself in pure horror. I looked like a creature from one of those zombies books my niece was reading. I screamed a horrible awful scream, but all that came out was a dry and raspy wailing noise.
I slowly left the train station bathroom. Everypony who had been in the station had melted into the ground, it was horrifying. I stepped over bodies and left the station. Canterlot was in ruins. The Cloud resting over everything like a thick blanket. Breathing it in, I felt stronger somehow. I went to go remove my saddlebags so I could eat something, but it wouldn’t come off. I was terrified. My bags had fused with my back.
A small fast forward in my life. I had spent most of my days wandering around the Equestrian wasteland, learning things, meeting other ponies, until I finally settled on you guys” I had finished my story, the Crusaders were amazed at my story. I had spent the longest amount of time with them, teaching them how to scavenge, how to fight, and how to survive. Life was pretty great. For once I was completely happy in the Equestrian wasteland.