open Wrath of Sombra (RP)

[~Sole~ 852]

The ripple caused by the sonic rainboom made sole tumble for a moment, before quickly catching his balance. "Whoa?! Didn't expect a sonic rainboom! Is dash around here?" He thought to himself, before spotting lighting. With a smirk he waved "sssssoooooooorrrryyyyyyyy!!" He yelled to her, before dashing onward to ponyville

[ZukoIsBestPony 561]

Through absolute pain, Cherry gave golden a small smile and nuzzled the mare back. The pain in her leg was immense, black spots invaded her vision. She could puke, or pass out, or both.  She took a breath, "I'm really glad you're not dead." She said to Golden, "I can push past this, other than my leg I'm fine." It was a lie of coarse, but that didn't matter, "I'm not as badly hurt as the rest, I should be helping ponies who need it. Not sitting here complaining about my leg." She stood, winced, and in a second was sitting back down, wooziness of blood-loss, and huge levels of pain pushing her to her flank. "Shit." She cursed, heavily annoyed by the fact that she could hardly stand. She sighed up at Golden, "What do we do now?" she asked. @,

[Sekel 696]

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Golden watched her get up then sit back down just as quickly, if not faster. "I don't think you're fine. Golden winced as every movement in her legs caused her pain while she stood up. "I want you to get up and ... lean on me." Golden said between pants. She could barely stand up herself but that didn't matter if her friend was in trouble. "How did you break your leg?" Golden asked her.

[Lightning Bliss 1,674]

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Her lips felt like they were folding back over her face as she passed by not just Thunder, but Sole as well...Her eyes were ripping with dryness as she sped on passed them towards Ponyville and Canterlot, "Oh...noooooooooo..." she winced as she passed by them, unable to stop herself. "This...not...what...I had...in miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnd!" She kept her wings out and hoped that the rainboom would run out of steam once she got to Canterlot.

[ZukoIsBestPony 561]

Cherry shook her head, "No, you're just as hurt as I am, I couldn't." She stood on her own and settled for slowly limping. Breathing in and out with ragged breaths. To take her mind off the pain, she began to explain herself. "I was fighting with a crowed of earth ponies, front of the charge. A pegasus with power over the wind sent razor blade wind at my group. It killed near everypony behind me, but it just hit my hind leg." The thought of the blood gave her shivers. "You know, when that pegasus fell out of the sky, I actually hoped that he would die." She gave a scowl, "I've never actively wanted somepony dead before. It feels weird." Caught up in her thoughts she found herself tripping on the newly uneven ground, then regaining her balance, holding back tears. "How far to safety?" She grunted at her friend. @,

Edited May 2, 2014 by HarmoniousWhovian

[Sekel 696]

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Golden frowned but let her do what she wanted. "Okay. As long as you're sure." Golden said heavily. She looked around and tried to judge the distance between them and the castle. "Seems like we have to walk for quite a bit. Let's get out of the city first." Golden told her. She slowly started walking and winced every time one of her hooves touched the ground. "Do you want to know why my face is like this?" Golden asked.

[ZukoIsBestPony 561]

Cherry nodded, "Absolutely, I thought it would be rude to ask. What happened? Do you know the pony who took you down? What with you being in the guard before." She gulped away the pain whenever her back leg had to move. But talking was taking her mind off it. "How did it happen, you look pretty bad." In a sudden move, she winced and gritted her teeth. "No offence." @,

[Sekel 696]

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"It's fine." Golden smiled and looked straight ahead while she talked. It helped take her mind off the pain. "I was fighting an Alicorn. She said that she was the Alicorn of Peace and a diplomat for Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. Heh. For an Alicorn of Peace and not wanting to fight she packed quite a punch." Golden laughed then winced. "When she did this to me, it sounded like she was possessed. This dark magic took over and then through me headlong through buildings, soldiers before finally chucking me to the opposite side of the city. I'm actually surprised I lived through that." Golden said and continued staring straight ahead. "I never knew her before today though."

[Lightning Bliss 1,674]

Finally she slowed down just enough to hug a cloud and wait for Sole, Thunder and Wonder to catch up. It hovered over Ponyville, that seemed realitively unharmed...for now. Then she darted her eyes to her home, the mountains just outside the town, where she could clearly see a familar black dragon mining for gems as he usually did. She wanted badly to go see him and tell him what has happened...but then the flash back of what she did to that unicorn back at the Empire made her dart her eyes away from him and their home...

 

"He'll never look at me the same way again..." She fluttered to another cloud to get further away. She thought about how she lost control, how the power of peace used its own strength to force the threat away from her...it had the poltential to kill..."Is killing a part of keeping the peace now?" She asked herself as sat there sulking...She thought about how careful she always was with her identity too...how even as an alicorn, she rather not have been noticed in the first place. She refused to stay in Canterlot or the Empire, or even where Twilight resident as well...She remembered insisting on staying with her husband up in the mountains, where it was quiet and safe for the both of them. Where they could live on to love each other without the ridicule of their love for each other...or the fact she was a low ranked Princess...But now... thanks to King Sombra and this war, she could no longer hide who she was...no longer hide under her hood and cape, or in the safety of her dragon's embrace...

 

"And that unicorn got a first taste of what I'm like...in battle..." she spit at the cloud, hating herself more and more, "why did I ever get ascended in the first place...I'm a worthless alicorn at best who can't even control my magic...and when that happends...somepony gets hurt...Alicorn of Peace...ha...more like Alicorn of Disasters!"

[ZukoIsBestPony 561]

Cherry raised her eyebrow, "An Alicorn of peace, killing ponies, and using dark magic. All well being in cahoots with the magical princess of light and goodness. Yaaaa, and ponies don't believe that the government is corrupt." She rolled her eyes. "Do you think you're going to be alright?" She asked Golden Flames. @,

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Golden softly shook her head. "I honestly don't know Cherry. I hope I will be. On the plus side, I've gotten a lot of new scars to remember her by." Golden said somewhat cheerfully. She stubbed a hoof on a protruding rock and gasped. "Yowch. That smarts." Golden said weakly. "What do you think will happen now? Once we get back to the castle I mean?"

[ZukoIsBestPony 561]

Cherry stared off into the distance, "I donno. I assume we'll all rest and relax until the next battle. I don't know where it will be, I've heard rumors, Manehatten, Ponyville, lots of places. But not Canterlot, not yet. We also should recruit citizens of the empire for the army." Cherry was silent for a second, she found herself thinking about the death and destruction that had happened and she asked a timid question, "Hey, I know we have to overthrow the princesses, they're corrupt. But...I've been thinking, well we were battling, do you think Sombra wants a new world for the reasons we do? Or does he just want the throne? We know he was quite a leader, but do you think he'll be any less corrupt than the princesses? Lately I don't trust anypony in politics. It seems nopony can take power without abusing it. What do you think?" @,

[Sekel 696]

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Golden thought about the questions Cherry had asked. Originally, she had thought that Sombra was just going to overthrow the Princesses and that'd be it, but now she's not so sure. "I don't know Cherry." Golden said. She thought back to the brutal beating the Peace Alicorn gave her. "You may be right about the government being corrupt and all." Golden told her.

[ZukoIsBestPony 561]

Cherry nodded and kept talking, "It obviously is. The princess kills the entirety of the changeling race without a second thought. That's her biggest failure in my eyes. But what will the next ruler's worst mistake be? You know Sombra will take the throne if the Princesses are gone right? It's obvious that that's what he's working for. I'm willing to stand behind him. He will be great. Or at least, I was told he would be great. But will he?" She sighed and talked through the pain, her stream of words the only thing keeping her from dropping to the floor and sobbing. "My question is this, how will he react tonight when he learns that so many of his of followers died? Will he care? Will he say something about it? Or are we just pawns who die for him, who die for a cause that he, as our rural doesn't believe in? And why would he? He's been gone 1000 years, and he knows little about the crime the princesses have committed. I want to believe he's our salvation, but I don' see why he would have motive to be so. He wants something different. I can feel it. @,

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"I know that Sombra will take the throne. I know that he's been gone a thousand years. I think that he does think of his followers as pawns because he doesn't know any better." Golden tried to answer all her questions as best she could. She walked slowly but since she stubbed her hoof, it's been even more slower. "What do you think he wants different? Is it to enslave all of ponykind like he did with the Crystal Ponies?" Golden asked her. She suddenly fell as her legs gave way from under her. "Ah ow! Jeez that hurt." Golden muttered.

[ZukoIsBestPony 561]

Cherry turned and helped the other mare up. "Sorry, I didn't mean to rant this much." She grunted, "When I'm in pain I just say whatever comes to mind and I just talk. It helps. I didn't offend you did I?" She frowned and made sure the other mare had enough balance to stand before putting most of her weight on her relatively uninjured hooves and walking on. "I just say the wrong stuff sometimes." She frowned. @,

[Sekel 696]

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Golden puffed and tried to take in as many breaths as she could before continuing her walk with Cherry. "It's fine. Talking's fine. Helps take the mind of the pain." Golden said, smiling despite the pain she was in. "How did you offend me? You didn't offend me, I just said that it hurt because I fell suddenly." Golden asked confusedly.

[ZukoIsBestPony 561]

Cherry shrugged, wincing at the pain the act caused. "When you talk to ponies about politics, it's really, really, really, easy to talk yourself into a fight. I've done it more times than I could count. When you challenge a ponies belief system, things can get tense. I was just making sure I didn't say something offensive." Cherry glanced over and made sure the other mare was walking right, before slowing her pace and getting closer to Golden in case either of them fell again. @,

[Sekel 696]

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Golden looked around and thankfully saw that they were nearing the outskirts of the city. She also saw an intact house that somepony must have left in a hurry because the door was broken from the inside. "Let's rest over there for a bit. Then we'll continue walking to the castle." Golden panted and she led Cherry over to the house that she saw. "I just want to rest for a bit before continuing."

[ZukoIsBestPony 561]

Cherry nodded and followed Golden Flames to the house. When the two entered Cherry curled up on the nearest cushy looking thing, which happened to be one of the sofas in the living room area, she rested her eyes a bit before hearing a quiet squeak from beneath the couch. She poked her head under and saw a very scared looking filly, crying and cradling a teddy bear.

 

Worry creased Cherry's brow, "Golden," she said, "There's a foal here!" @,

Edited May 3, 2014 by HarmoniousWhovian

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"A foal? Why is a foal here? Shouldn't they have gone with their parents?" Golden asked worriedly. She seemed worried that a foal was still here, even after everything that happened. She looked under the sofa as well and saw her hugging a teddy bear while crying. Golden softened her voice. "Are you okay miss? Is it alright if you come out? We won'e hurt you. Honest." Golden told her softly. She had nothing but concern on her face.

[ZukoIsBestPony 561]

The filly sniffed and whimpered, "D-do you know my mommy? I came home from school, an-and, the big mean ponies were fighting everything and...my daddy was fighting and my mommy wasn't here and the door was knock down." She fell into a mess of tears, "I want my mommy I want my mommy!"

 

Cherry could feel her heart break. The foal reminded her of her own little one, "It's quiet now honey, the battle is over. Come here, we'll try to protect you." She shot a worried look to Golden wondering if hr own words were true, she mouthed, "What now?"

 

The filly just cuddled her bear closer and sobbed. "My daddy says not to talk to strangers." She whispered. @,

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Golden didn't know what to say to that. She closed her eyes when she heard the filly cry. "Your daddy must have been brave. Fighting those mean ponies. He's right about not talking to strangers but we're the only ones here." Golden said sadly. She looked at Cherry and mouthed back, "What else can we do?" Golden looked at the filly sadly and tried not to think if one of those ponies she barrelled through was her father.

Edited May 3, 2014 by XANA

[ZukoIsBestPony 561]

Cherry gave a somewhat panicky shrug to Golden, then she turned to the filly "Little one, come on out." She got on her belly and looked beneath the couch, "You can hang out with us, we'll help to find your parents. What's your name?"

 

"My" She sobbed, "my names Tulip."

 

Cherry smiled, "Come here, you'll be alright miss Tulip." Cherry gulped, she had killed at least a dozen stallions in battle today. Any one of them could be poor Tulips dad. That thought gave her shivers.

 

Tulip cried and squirmed away from the couch into Cherry's arms. Cherry scooped her up and sat with the little one still crying in her lap. She nuzzled the foals mane. "You're OK my heart." She said, "We're here."

 

The filly nuzzled back, "did...did the mean ponies leave?" She asked.

 

Cherry didn't know how to respond. @,

[Sekel 696]

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Golden sat sort of away from the couple. "It'll be okay miss. They have left the city. Every single one of them." Golden said sadly. She looked at Cherry and mouthed, "We have to leave the circle. If we're taking her with us." She hoped that Tulip's dad was still alive. "Miss Tulip, how old are you? If you don't mind me asking." Golden asked hesitantly. She has no idea what to do with the filly. The more she looekd at her, the more she realised that Tulip reminded her of her little sister.