C.O.L.T.S II

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Fluttershy led Silent Shadow to a plateau outside her house. It was sunset and the sky was a beautiful combination of orange, purple, and yellow. Shadow felt much peace at this spot for reasons he couldn't explain. This spot was the place Shadow confessed his feelings for Fluttershy for the first time.

"So we used to come here?" Shadow asked continuing to examine his surroundings.

"Mm hmm." Fluttershy said quietly.

"It's really beautiful here." Shadow said as he took in the sunset. He looked back at Fluttershy who only looked down and squeaked. He did feel sad when he saw her sulking. If she showed this much concern than he must have been real important to her. The two sat in silence as the sun finally went down and Luna raised the moon. Seeing the darkness that overtook the land prompted the two ponies to go inside.

"Shall we go inside?" Shadow asked.

"Um yes." Fluttershy said as Shadow walked next to her. Seeing how small she was compared to Shadow made the mare realize how small and fragile she really was compared to the mountain of muscle next to her. Shadow looked down at her, she was such a fragile creature. He didn't like the thought of her being sad.

"Would you like something to drink Shadow?" Fluttershy asked.

"Yes please." Shadow said as Fluttershy went to make some cocoa. They say smell is the best trigger of memory because the moment the scent of the hot cocoa reached Shadow's nostrils his memory went into overload.

Silent Shadow, the Ghost of Appleloosa.

Fluttershy, element of Kindness

COLTS Omega, callsign Omega-Four

He remembered him falling off the carriage on the way to Ponyville and it was Fluttershy who found him. When he awoke she served him the same hot cocoa she was making now.

"Fluttershy?" He said to himself.

"Yes?" The pegasus asked.

"I remember you, you pulled me into your house when I fell and you gave some of that cocoa." Shadow said. Fluttershy felt a smile grow across her face and heart fluttered.

"SHADOW!" Fluttershy said as she tackled him and hugged him so tightly the air in his lungs blew out his mouth. Fluttershy knew there was a long way to go before Shadow remembered everything but this was a good start.

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Solar Blitz walked into Sugarcube Corner to find his vision was covered in nothing but pink.

"AH!" Blitz said jumping back as Pinkie Pie bounced in front of him.

"Blitzy it's me!" Pinkie said.

"Oh yeah your uh ummmmmmmm... Bluey? Greenie? Reddie?" Blitz said not wanting to hurt the pink mares feelings.

"Pinkie!" Pinkie answered for him.

"Yeah that was my next guess, Pinkie Cake? NO! Pinkie Tart? Oh horsefeathers!" Blitz said.

"Pie, Pinkie Pie." Pinkie said.

"I knew that!" Blitz said.

"Well?" Pinkie said.

"Well what?" Blitz replied.

"Don't you remember anything else?" Pinkie asked.

"Ummm. Just that my name is Solar Blitz thats it." Blitz said.

"Oh thats okay! I'll have you remembering everything faster than you can say apple pie!" Pinkie said. Pinkie began pulling out different things that would jump start Blitz's memory.

"This was the scarf I wore when we went sledding!" Pinkie said pulling out a pink scarf. Blitz put his hoof under his chin and pondered.

"Nope, sorry." Blitz said.

"That's okay, OH! How bout this?" Pinkie said pulling out a red velvet cupcake. "This is your favorite cupcake!"

"Doesn't ring a bell." Blitz said. Pinkie showed at least fifty more things but all was for naught as Blitz could not remember a single thing.

"Ohhhhh uuhh!" Pinkie said getting desperate. "How bout his? This was the set of false eyelashes Rarity wore on her left eye at the Hearth's Warming Eve pageant!" How Pinkie managed to get ahold of those was anypony's guess.

"Sorry." Blitz said. Pinkie's smile quickly faded as her mane deflated as well. She slumped over and hung her head low. She had tried everything possible and nothing was working! Blitz went to go comfort her but he stepped on the cupcake she had showed him earlier. He began to slip'n'slide all over the place until he went out the door and faceplanted full speed into a rock. The hit was hard as the rock completely shattered and Blitz was nearly knocked out from the hit.

"BLITZY! Are you okay?" Pinkie asked running over.

"Ow dumb rock!" Blitz said rubbing his head. Blitz had a slight dejavu after hitting the rock. When else did he slam full force into a rock when Pinkie was with him?

"Hello? EquestriatoBlitzy!" Pinkie said waving her hoof.

"Wha-? Oh im fine." Blitz said as he walked back inside with Pinkie.

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Big Mac was wandering through the Everfree Forest and was loosing a lot of blood fast. His entire ear had been lopped off in the battle with the Mordras. Even with his super healing abilities he was loosing blood faster than it was healing. He sighed as he realized what he to do. He went and started a fire by using his flint rock. He waited till the fire began to blaze to super hot temperatures, he took his sword and held it over the fire for about ten minutes. He held his breath as he lifted the super heated sword to his open wound on his ear and pressed down. He cringed as he felt the skin burn and close up, the smell of burnt flesh flaring his nostrils. He tried to avoid screaming too loud so he wouldn't attract a pack of timberwolves or worse a Manticore, not that they would be much of a threat to him. He used Manticores for practice dummies back in training.

"Ah horseapples this hurts!" Big Mac said as he finished cauterizing the wound. He went to a nearby stream and ducked his head in it so the water would cool off the second degree burn that now covered his ear. He estimated it would take about a day for the burn to heal but he would be without an ear for the rest of his life. He began to sprint through the forest hoping he would come across some sort of civilization.

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Spike was doing his morning workout routine which included push ups, sit up, pull ups, a five mile run, and a ten mile flight. His wings had grown in four years ago and he had been happily using them ever since. He flew to a creek and dove in so he could clean off all the sweat and dirt on his body. Once he was done he pulled out some gems for a snack. After stretching one last time he flew to a nearby tree to take a nap. When you were a COLT-II, sleep was few and far in between so Spike had learned to sleep whenever he could. He was disturbed when he heard something singing not to far away.

"We are the cutie mark crusaders." The voice sang. Spike tried to figure out who was singing.

"We'll never stop the journey." The voice continued. Thats when it his Spike. It was Sweetie Belle! Who else would sing about the cutie mark crusaders? He got up and walked to the source of the sound. He found Sweetie Belle sitting by herself under what used to be the cutie mark crusader clubhouse. Man it seemed like so long ago when she was just a filly running around trying to find her cutie mark.

"Sweetie Belle?" Spike asked coming into the clearing.

"Oh Spike!" Sweetie said surprised.

"What are you doing here?" Spike asked.

"Just visiting the old clubhouse." Sweetie said. "I miss being a filly, no worries or a care in the world."

"I can relate to that." Spike said. As a COLT-II he was constantly being sent all over Equestria. He was often sent into the Everfree Forest to rescue lost ponies and had almost been eaten on more than one occasion. When he was a baby his biggest worry was keeping the library organized. He suddenly picked up a noise and shot up.

"Spike what's wrong?" Sweetie asked.

"I hear something." Spike said as reached for his crossbow. He saw a spear being chucked at him from the left. He quickly dodged it and the spear impaled the tree behind him.

"SWEETIE RUN!" Spike said as he fired his crossbow in the area the spear had come from. When he ran out of arrows he drew out his sword. He turned and saw that Sweetie was still there.

"Sweetie I thought I told you to get out of here!" Spike scolded.

"But I don't want to just leave you!" Sweetie cried.

"No Sweetie, whatever is attacking us you wont stand a chance against it, NOW GO!" Spike yelled. Sweetie yelped as she began to run. Spike turned around to see a figure who towered over him. The creature stood on two legs and had a reptilian like face. Spike could practically feel the dark energy emitting from it. The creature roared as it charged the dragon.

"Dragon." It said. Spike jumped to the side but the creature grabbed Spike's leg and threw him into a boulder. Sweetie watched from behind a bush and whimpered at what she saw.

"Ah what is this thing!" Spike said recovering. He opened his mouth and unleashed a bright fire that incinerated everything in front of him. The creature had been caught in the blast and was wounded. Spike took this oppurtunity to run up and kick it. The creature looked up to see Spike deliver a kick to its face. The monster tumbled back then charged in blind rage. The creature swung its claw down on Spike. Spike put up his arm to block and he felt the claw go clean through his tricep. Spike fell to the ground shocked, his skin was almost as indestructible as the COLT armor and this creature sliced right through like butter!

"AHH!" A voice yelped. Spike looked up to see the creature grabbing Sweetie by the mane.

"NO!" Spike screamed.

"Hahahahaha." The creature mumbled. Spike was surprised it could talk.

"What are you!" Spike yelled.

"I? I am the servant to the almighty King Sombra." The creature said. "I am the Mordra, the deadliest lifeform to ever walk this earth!"

"Put her down!" Spike growled to the Mordra.

"Hold still, or I carve out her eyes." The Mordra said as it picked up the spear it threw earlier. Spike knew he was going to die if that spear hit him but he could not risk Sweetie getting hurt. Spike closed his eyes as he waited for his doom.

"AAAHH!" Another voice said as the Mordra was tackled to the ground. The Mordra was able to throw the spear and Spike moved but it still impaled the dragons shoulder. Spike looked up to see Soarin fighting the creature. Since Soarin was still a pegasus he was not as strong as the Mordra and the beast quickly threw him off. Skullcrusher, Pip, Featherweight, and Rumble all rushed to the scene and surrounded the creature. The Mordra knew he could not take on six COLT-II's at once so it growled before disappearing in a cloud of dark magic. Skullcrusher and Soarin ran to help Spike while the others went to get Sweetie Belle.

"Sweetie you alright?" Featherweight asked.

"S-Spike? Is he okay?" Sweetie asked crying.

"Yes mate, he's alright." Pip said trying to comfort her.

"Spike are you okay?" Skullcrusher asked the dragon.

"That thing was so powerful!" Spike coughed out.

"Easy bud." Soarin said. These wounds didn't look to fatal but Spike would by incapacitated for days. Rumble went over to where the Mordra once stood before it teleported away. There was a dagger it had left behind. Rumble picked it up and inspected it, he was suddenly thrown back as he entered a trance.

"All of Equestria will fall!" A voice said as Rumble saw a destroyed Canterlot and the Elements of Harmony hanging dead from a tree branch. He looked up and saw a gray unicorn with a flowing black mane with red eyes.

"My dark magic flows in your blood! You are my children!" The voice said again.

"NOO!" Rumble said as he chucked the dagger to the ground and stomped on it.

"Rumble you alright mate?" Pip asked.

"I'm fine." Rumble said still shaken up by what he just saw. He would have to get this back to command. He suddenly took off without warning towards COLTS-02.

"RUMBLE COME BACK!" Skullcrusher yelled but the soldier was already gone.

"insubordinate son of a bitch." Skullcrusher said to himself as he helped Spike to his feet.