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Silence ...... .just ...... silence and darkness.
T could not remember since when was engulfed in blackness even why he was trapped in it.


T: Where am I? What happened to me?


Gradually he began to regain consciousness and opened his eyes to find that still benighted but managed to distinguish some light that filtered through a small slit.


T: I'm buried. He realized while he began to back fleeting glimpses of his memories, initially fragmented and almost meaningless: as he had awakened that morning and given him a kiss to his beloved Annie, his meeting with Fletcher and Hot Head while the new captain his old friend Starbust mustered the royal guard before the proud gaze of her mother Twilight Sparkle and her father Flash Light, the parade of the royal guard before the eyes of thousands of ponies amazed amid the atmosphere of celebration and joy of the annual celebration for the “Return of the Princess Luna”, go to the royal box to honor the royalty of Equestria: Luna and her daughter Nidra, Supernova, Celestia and her husband the "Lord of Chaos" Discord, his son the prince Illusion with Claire, and Twilight sparkle with his husband,........when he and his unit turned in unison to greet the box and then .............then. He really was not sure of what he had seen but if he should describe somehow it was as if suddenly out of nowhere appeared a pony or at least something resembling one because it was completely emaciated with his skin marking his ribs, his mane totally dirty and disheveled and his eyes ............... Oh Celestia and Luna... his eyes were totally pale green and seemed they were throbbing. At that time the entire column froze to be caught off guard and watching as Starbust with Fletcher was about to come to reduce the intruder T was found that there were many more of these thing on the sides of the avenue and even among the audience.......but before he could even shout a warning to Starbust and Fletcher the sickly pony began to scream and yell in a way that seemed impossible to state just like the rest of the similar things and T stared in horror as all its body began to swell more and more ......... until it broke into pieces wrapped in a sea of ​​green flames. The last thing he could remember was like a sea of ​​flames was about to engulf Fletcher and Starbust and how she was trying to cover him with her wings before the conflagration.


T: Oh Celestia and Luna, please, please that has not passed anything to them. He said to himself.


If any of the two died will never forgive that he not react fast enough to warn them and Annie and the others would be devastated by their loss ...

ANNIIEEEE!!!!!!


She was in a stage next to the royal box along with his mother Rarity, Del with his mother Applejack, Candy also with his mother and father, Fluttershy, Red June, Crème and the young teenagers Pixel, Icy, Nighty and Echo, who had come in group to watch the parade when that thing had started to shout and swell just a few feet away and then the explosion had reached them in full.


T: NOOOOOTT, NOOOOOTT, NOOOOTT everyone may have died!!!! Thoughts swirled her head at full speed while a torrent of emotions rising in his throat from the pit of his stomach: fear, pain and anger.


T: I have to get out of here could as soon as possible they could be seriously injured! And the longer lose here trapped increase the chances of losing forever any of them.


He tried to move his hind legs but realized that these and the tail were completely trapped under a ton of rubble and spite of all his attempts he could not move an inch.


T: Come idiot! They are no more than a few boulders! You have shot down whole trees in Sweet Apple Acres with a mere touch! Let !!!



But as much as he try to do it he was unable to move the legs and the tail. He was beginning to despair when he realized that the struggle had been able to clear some of the rubble at his sides and thanks to this his arms were more free.


T: Perhaps I could lean on my arms and straining to take away the debris that I have above.


He placed the palms of his paws against the boulders that he had under him and try to get rid of all the debris that had above him rising it. Put all his strength in it but even so he was able only to move a couple of stones over him and to make fell some gravel on top of his face.


T: Fuck! I'm not getting anything and at this rate Annie could be about to die...and Claire, mom....please not not not I do not want to lose them...


But then T gave a roar worthy of a true dragon while shaking his head violently on both sides.


T: Do not be fool! Do not be overcome by fear and nerves or you will not get not out of here. Think about what Annie would say in this situation: relax and think carefully about your next move.


The big pony-dragon inspired a deep breath while trying to tidy up the rough sea that had become his mind.

T: Think ...Think ...Think...What you have not tried yet to get out of here? How you can make use of at least one part of your strength even when you are caught? Damn !!! I don’t have any idea and think that this same morning I was pondering how I would coordinate with Starbust and Hothead in the air deployment for the parade.....


-! WINGS!

How he didn´t think about it before? Although they were also crushed by debris was sure he had enough strength to with the help of his arms shake off what had caught him.


He returned to pry with his arms but this time while trying to raise their wings as if he was preparing to take flight.


The rocks above him began to move and gravel fell on the sides of his face as if it were a small waterfall.


He stop to rest a bit and found that unlike their previous attempts this time he had managed to remove more stones buried him and the number of slits of light had also been enlarged and increased in number.


T: Only one more effort and I will be free. Resist Annie, Claire, Starbust, Fletcher, I'm on my way. Thought the hybrid dragon-pony decided that this latest attempt was the definitive.

 

So gritted his teeth and began to strain with his herculean arms and wings knowing that the lives of many ponies could depend on it.

This time the gravel began to fall in torrents around his body while the rocks above him began to tremble before his efforts. T felt as if his head was about to explode but he didn’t stop in his efforts and made more strain with the wings even knowing they could be seriously damaged.


T: CLAIRE, MOM, STARBUST, COTTON, DEL, FLETCHER, ANNIIIIIIEEEEEE !!!!! T roared with all his might and with a last effort shook off the last debris that imprisoned him emerging into the lighting surface.


T: Arf, Arf, arf! T slumped forward while trying to catch their breath after the titanic effort that had just performed.


T: I have done it. He said to himself.


After regaining some air he glanced at the palms of his claws and found that he had it totally bruised and reddened and when started up looking over his arms he discovered that he had two wounds from which flowed.....

-BLOOD


T: Blood. T thought while he noticed that he began to stir his guts and to feel dizzy.



T: NOT! This is no time for this! T Control yourself! He berated himself while casting a look back to look at the state of his wings. These had a horrible looking after the brutal effort that had just submit and especially the folds of both wings were full of holes and scratchs. T realized at that moment that even if the doctors could cure him of his wounds anyway he would need a long time to be capable to fly again if it could do it again someday.


T: Damn! Now I can´t  use my wings to search Annie and the rest from the air.



And if he doesn’t enough problems yet his hind legs and the tail were still trapped by the debris and he doubted that in his state he would be able to free himself alone again.


T: Remember T stay calm and analyze the situation.



T glanced around and was shocked by the desolation around him. As far as he could see he was completely surrounded by rubble of stones, wood and other debris from the roadway as well as some of the facades of the buildings that had collapsed. And respect the stands that lined the road were just left a few charred and twisted wreckage but at least  as far as he could see there were not bodies of victims.


T: Thanks to Celestia and Luna it seems that unicorn guards deployed among the audience were quick enough to teleport most viewers to a safety place. He thought while running his worried and nervous glance to where he had last seen Starbust and Fletcher to verify that in the area of the explosion there was no sign of them but neither the royal box or the stand where was Annie and the rest of the group, so he prayed that was the result of a teleport spell and not of the explosion. And as the suicide pony all that he had left was a huge crater that was still hot.



T: What the hell were that damn things? And why they were slain in the audience? Who were they?

Many questions and few answers, thought T while making an effort to free his paws and tail of debris. It was useless.

 


T: I only get free me with help. He said to himself with a hint of desperation in his voice.


No matter how many times he try to relax he couldn’t avoid to feel the despair growing inside him along the fear for the fate of his loved ones. But then to direct his gaze to the left he noticed a crest and a helmet of a royal guard peeping through the rubble.



T: Hey !!! He started to scream attempting to wake him of the unconsciousness.

T: You can hear me? It need your help...

The request for help vanished between his lips to realize that this guard never would wake up again......because of a spear that was spanning his throat from one extreme to another of where had a smalls wounds oozing blood..... blood .....blood

It was as if he had been dealt a punch in the stomach and as two giant hands had begun  to strangle his throat. It felt as if all the fear and nerves that he had accumulated inside since he had awakened were dominating him more and more. He noticed as he started to lose the consciousness and as clouded his vision. But when he was about to fall unconscious a bleak picture appeared in his mind: his sister Claire with Annie breathing heavily and with a pool of blood growing under them ...... all for not arriving in time to save them.

He didn’t doubt.

With a flick of his claws claws sticking out where the blood from his wounds exerting force that blood would flow stuck.

T: Look at her its your blood! Face it you can die like that poor guard! But not before save those you love! So stop to think in this stupid fear and MOVE !!! He thought as while he stopped squeezing his wounds and looked like drops of blood fell from his grasp.

Sir Turqoise Blizt! Lord !!!!

Hearing his bombastic full name brought back to the real world to T that looked surprised towards the voice. So he saw barely a dozen steps came two earth ponies of the royal guard trotting to him.

Then was like if he transformed in another guy.


T: Soldier, report the situation. T was surprised to hear his own voice giving orders like a general. Really it was him giving orders?

Soldier 1: Yes sir! The soldier who had called him by his full name stood firm.

Soldier 1: We suffered what looks like a full-blown terrorist attack, several ponies unidentified self immolated during the parade causing the chaos. Luckily the unicorns of the guard managed to react in time and generate shield or teleport spell for most of the spectators but not all had the fringe of time thus not been able to avoid some fatalities.

T: We have an official death toll, soldier?

T: We still don’t have an estimated figure, sir. But we estimate that about one hundred ponies among the royal guards and civilians died from the explosions of the first attack. And yet an unknown number of wounded and missing.

One hundred dead insure thought T sore before continuing his role as commander.

T: How the first attack? Explain soldier.

He noticed as the soldier threw a nervous glance at his companion that spoke for him:

Soldier 2: Sir, I regret to say that several reports indicate that Canterlot is under a general attack by unknown forces. All we know for sure is that enemy forces have taken control of the palace and shopping districts of the city and that Prince Valiant with what remains of the royal guard led by the captain Starbust are at this time trying to stop their advance on the other districts.


T: Prince Valiant? Why is he here? And what has been of the official Fletcher? T asked worriedly.


Soldier 2: The mayor Fletcher is well. Him and the captain Starbust were saved at the last moment by a high level teleportation spell made by the Prince Valiant and his elite forces of unicorns. And also successfully managed to teleport the entire royal family and at least one of the surrounding boxes occupied by the mother of Claire lady and her friends. Regarding what is doing here the prince Valiant Heart or how he arrived here so fast I ignored the answer sir.



In other words, Starburst and Fletcher along with the rest had survived the attack. Mom, Claire and Annie were alive. The revelation nearly had mourn relief and joy to T as she felt like a great weight of his heart was removed. But he quickly regained his composure knowing he should continue with his duties as a military officer. There would be time to mourn for everything suffered.


T: Well soldier, and where is now the royal family?


Soldier 2: Their current location is a secret to keep them safe but I can tell you that they are in a safe place and that at this moment the Princess Celestia and Luna together with their heirs Illusion and Nidra are coordinating the evacuation of the city. As for his "majesty" Discord -T could not avoid noticing a touch of irony in the voice of the soldier - it is at this moment incapacitated.

T: Disabled? Explain soldier


Soldier 2: Lord, it seems that the attackers have managed to launch some kind of drain magic spell over Discord and the princess Celestia and Luna and even over Twilight Sparkle but while their Majesties are supporting it pretty well can not say the same of "Lord of Chaos ".


That soldier contemptuous attitude toward Discord began to miss T. It was true that still existed elements within the military and the society of Equestria that not look kindly the marriage of Princess Celestia with his old enemy Discord and far less than the heir was his bastard son Illusion but usually ordinary soldiers of the guard were very respectful to all members of the royal family including Discord. The attitude of this soldier did not fit with the instruction of the royal guards to be extremely respectful and loyal to the members of the royal family of Equestria.


Soldier 1: Lord! We expect orders! The voice of the first soldier who had recognized him out of his thoughts to T and immediately he began to give orders again. In fact he must recognized that he began to enjoy to give orders in place of receive it from others.


T: What are your names soldiers? He was tired of just calling them soldiers.


Sir my name is Elden. Said the first soldier.


The second seemed amused by the question answered
-My name is Inubasi, sir.


Inubasi? What kind of name was that? T thought to himself before discarding the question to return to what was really important.


T: Elden and Inubasi listen carefully, I have both lower legs and tail trapped by debris and will need help from several ponies to quickly get out of here. Therefore I needed one of you go as soon as possible to the closest meeting point and that he brings with him a team to help me out.


Elden: I will do it sir! I am the fastest running of my company so I could arrive in just 10 minutes to the closest meeting point situated at two apples from here.



Inubasi: Bad idea, in my opinion would be more convenient than the two we stay with you until you have recovered enough to get you out of there sir. Inubasi said that while directing anxious glances skyward as if waiting for something.



T: Soldier Inubasi - T was already getting tired of the attitude of that soldier – here who gives the orders is me, so that you obey and you'll wait here with me while the soldier Elden going for help. Do you understand?


Inubasi glanced amused and contemptuous before answering.


Inubasi: Crystalline, sir.


T: Well, Elden get going immediately and if you find the captain Starbust or Prince Valiant tell them that I'm fine.


Elden: Yes sir! As your order!


But before Elden had gone a dozen of steps he and T turned toward Inubasi surprised because had begun to laugh heartily looking skyward on the west.


Inubasi: Hahaha seems that the slower ”guy of  the katana" is here, really I thought that he would not arrive at time and I would have to take care of you two alone with the laziness that gives me.


T: What ??? - let out T before realizing too late the trap in which he and Elden were.



Elden: LORD !!!! Aerial enemy sighted by the west!!!



Inubasi: Really? You still cannot find out what this is? Anyway I finish now this farce and especially with you toady!


T: Elden care Inubasi is the enemy !!!!



But it was too late.


A horribly sound like a walnut being crushed reached the ears of T while he watched as Inubasi crossed the armor, the skin, the meat and finally the heart of the soldier Elden like all of this was made of butter with a weapon similar to a halberd that appeared, for the second time in that day, from out of nowhere. The poor devil of Elden barely had time to look his skewered chest as if he could not believe it and throw a look toward T that was a mixture of pleasing and incredulity before his head will fall forward without life with eyes wide open.


Inubasi: Bufff, finally! I thought that this blitering idiot was never going to close the mouth. Luckily I have not given him the opportunity to release a final speech about how much he would miss his mother, his girlfriend, cat, dog, or any living being with the patient necessary to support his chatter. Can you believe that I only knew him for an hour and I already hated this freak as if we had grown up together?



T just listened to his words while he saw as in the place of the royal guard soldier Inubasi something who seemed out of a morbid dream of an epic fantasy writer. He was fully armored with an armor of steel plates that covered him from the head to almost the hooves, if these leaky tips could be called just like that, and the head was covered by a highly decorated helmet with two horns, the third seemed it was natural, and with an open pair of wings flanking both sides of a mocking face with a mouth from which protruded two tusks of ivory. And his eyes were of an intense blue color.



As if the holes in the legs do not give a clear track about the race to which he belonged that totally blue eyes left him totally out of the question.


T: You're a chalenging - Said T pronouncing the word with an increasing inner fury - That explains how you to fool Elden and me taking the look of a pony of the royal guard.



Inubasi: Exactly "Mr. obviousness and obeys cadet that I am your superior".- Said the changeling with his trademark comic tone in his voice.

 

Inubasi: And I'll be honest with you big guy at first I was worried that with your “dragon” nose you could detect me under my costume of guard so tried my best to interpret my role as a soldier to go unnoticed. But Guy !!!!!! At one point I could not believe that you are so blind. Please if I gave up track my name INUBASI. Do you think that is a typical pony name?????


T: I admit that you cheated me just fine and I noticed your deception only at the end when it was too late. But you know what made me suspect from you was your own behavior: disrespectful for Discord. A true royal guar would never speak of these manner of the Royal family even of Discord.


Inubasi: Really? I did so wrong? Well doesn’t matter anymore because the point is that my “shoddy” performance has given me the time required for my partner “Katana Killer” could reach us before you could release. And speaking of the devil here it is.



Just then fell in the space between them other changelin with a completely different kind of armor and with just take a quick look at his face T could see that reflected an entirely different personality respect Inubasi. This new enemy has the face of a fanatic.



Inubasi: You has been slow. Is it that you're getting old fellow? Said mockingly Inubasi while his partner folded his wings and left in his back the huge katana.


Shut your mouth Inubasi I'm not in the mood for your empty insults. I had a run-in with some of the pegasus of the Crystal Empire and so for this I delayed. Said the newcomer while dropped on the floor a small bag from wich poking several feathers of different colors stained with blood.


Inubasi: OH! Well in that case I guess you will not have left much of them to their relatives could put it in an attractive glass coffins, eh ?? Anyway, enough of "trivialities" are you doing honors to present yourself and our organization to our friend and said him his death warrant or shall I do it? – Inubasi said as he took the opportunity to drop the lifeless corpse of Elden down .


It is enough for him to know that I am his executioner and that we are the Tada Ikari or "Fair Wraith" an army of changelings willing to punish Celestia and Luna along with other collaborators of their regime by murder treacherously our last legitimate queen Chrysallys during a diplomatic mission and after to have taken advantage of it during the last three decades to manipulate us at will pludging our people in a fratricidal civil war that has cost thousands of lives to the swarm. So read him the damn sentence so I can take care of him at once. Said the warrior directing barely a glance over his shoulder to T.



Inubasi: In that case I'll take care of the "formalities" Ahem: Turqoise Blizt you has been sentenced to death for being a close associate of the genocidal and oppressive regime of the princesses Celestia and Luna who for decades have oppressed, killed, manipulated, corrupted, colonized and exiled our people the changelings. Therefore and in anticipation of your future crimes against our race that you has assumed to commit in the future to merge the royal guard of the tyrants and being your sister a closer “collaborator” of one of the heir of the princesses we the Tada Ikari condemns you to death by beheading! He finished his last sentence with a thud at the bottom of his halberd against the stone floor.



Inubasi: Here we said goodbye "lord"! Hehehe Sorry this was an unprofessional laughter from my part. Ahem: Any last words before his beheading by katana? "My commander" purffffff Sorry again lol.



T: Yes - Said T with a tone of calm voice - I'm not an expert on these political issues but do not know why you think Celestia and Luna killed your queen Chrysallis or why you accussed them and the rest of Equestria of commit evil acts against your people during years. Also I do not know how you manage to strain in Canterlot without be detected mocking the entire royal guard and security measures. And I guess that I will never be able to understand all the hate, pain and fear that have led you to commit the atrocities of today.

BUT, I know this that today you have broken-down for ever the lives of several families whose only crime was simply witness a parade of the royal guard, also that you hadn’t doubt to start a war against Equestria and all its inhabitants including my loved ones without warming, that you are incapable to show even a minimum of piety – this last sentence was stated by directing his gaze to the inert body of the poor Elden - and that you're going to PAY for all this horror.



Inubasi: Aha. Anything else?



T: Yes “soldier” Inubasi. A moment ago you said that you had served of your “excellent” performance to win the time needed for you partner could catch us. Well you know what? To me it helped me to find a way to free unaided.


Inubasi: OH! So the dragon-pony at the end is a "nerd". And how if I could ask you has planned free yourself? "sir"?


T: You have said Inubasi, I'm half dragon and as a worthy son of my father I can also spit flames !!!!


Said that T turned his head back and threw a flash of green glow which quickly melted the rocks which imprisoned him as if it were made of cheese. And T could not avoid to enjoy seeing as the smiling Inubasi was quickly erased from his face.

Inubasi: Shit!!! He can also breathe fire ???


Yo should weaken him with a spell before I arrived Inubasi. So now you must assume your mistakes and face him without my help. Just only remember that to kill off him is my duty.



Inubasi: So over and abode that I have to take care of the dirty work you stay with the best part! It is not right! He said wearily the chalenging while changing his stance to another more worth for a fight with his halberd halberd levitating above his head.


Inubasi: Well "lord". Let it?



T: Let's do this "soldier" !!!!!



And T fell upon the changeling with a roar that could be heard even in the last corner of Canterlot.

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Well. This my first Contest for Kilala:kilala97.deviantart.com/

First of all sorry for my grammatical errors in the writing but is that the English doesn´t my native language.

Context:

The history is situated in a timeframe when the majority of the next mane six siblings are around the end of the twenty or in the begining of the thity years. This a moment of their lives when they begin to marry between them and to take responsabilities acording their ages and positions (as for example Illusion and Nidra as heir of the rulers of Equestria.)

About the name of the terrorist chalenling group "Tada Ikari" is a japanese name but I am not sure if it is well write. So if anybody could notice me the correct form I will thank him.

In plot this group, as is mentioned in the history, is formed by a group of changeling who thinks that their last legitimate queen Chrysallis, who dissapear misteriously withot trace along her bodyguard when was in a diplomatic mission in Canterlot, was assesinated thirthy years ago by the order of the princesses Celestia and Luna with the help of Discord. And although this a theory without confirmation the strange silence of Celestia, Luna and Discord about what happened really to Chrysallis only has achieved that the majority of the challengin swarm had assumed this version as the true.

After the dissapearation of their "Beloved Queen" the chalenging swarm plundge in a cruent civil war for the power between several factions headed by "Ladies of war" eager to replace the missed queen in the throne. At the time of my history the war continue underway after thirty years in which thousand of chalengis had been killed, exiled and even enslaved by the different factions that still fight for the control of the swarm. Besides rumours that some of these Pseudo-Queens are supported with money, weapons and armors by the government of Euqestria and the Crystal Empire.

Thus in this context rised the organization Tada Ikara founded by the legendary Shinzo and ex-bodyguard of Chrysallis that doesn't accompany to the queen and the rest of her guard to Canterlot by also "strange circumstances" (Even existed rumours about a romance between the bodygaur and the queen and others speak about a mysterious prediction of the future of shinzo that attempt to stop Chrysallis in her travel to Canterlot and as consequence was exiled by the queen.) Anyway almos inmediately after the begining of the civil war Shinzo began to asemble several thousand of chalengins around him to create and army based in the old war traditions of the swarm (of the style of the chinese and japanese medieval warfare) with an only three final objetives: to finish with the final war, to smash the false queens and to revenge the queen Chrysallis.


Respect the matter of the contest "Overcomeweakness": you can see in this "short" history that T must to face two of his weak points: the "blood" and the question of to take the leadership.


Finally, as you can also see the history end in a "cliffhanger" this because at the same time that I write this history I occur many new possibilities for the development of the plot so I have to "cut it" to avoid to write another "The Neverending History". So if I have time and the help of the Muses maybe I write the continuation of this history.

 

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