I am Twilight Sparkle

I am Twilight Sparkle

Day 6

Day 6

early morning

I didn't sleep too well, but I feel much better now that I have. Also I ate the last of my provisions and that really hit the spot. I still feel a little weak, and my wing aches now that I have used the stiffening spell on it, but I think I can manage. Aslong as I don't get into a magical confrontation, or have to fight of too many opponents, I should be fine. While sleeping I dreamt of the Changelings attack on Canterlot during my brothers wedding. Now I finally remember the spell Sweetie used on me. It's so simple, that it is almost laughable that I haven't seen it before. I can't target the undead with any of my spells, but THIS one does not target anything. It just fires a bolt of unfocused magical energy, that can cause great damage. Aiming it however, is the downside. Since it is not really a spell, if you really think about it. I just have to charge up my horn with energy, and relaese it. It's dangerous and uncontrolable, but it is atleast finally a way I can fight these things from a distance!

I will now make my way to Cloudsdale. If I teleport parts of the way and fly the rest, I should make it pretty quick.

Day 6

morning

I am currently resting on a cloud. Sure my magic is almost completly restored, but my body is still struggeling with it. Still, I managed to close quite the distance. About two quarters of the way are now behind me, and I even got to test the spell I remembered on three undead Pegasi that tried to attack me. It works pretty well, but as I thought, aiming it is more then hard. I had to hit them several times, until I hit their heads. One of them might even still be alive, since I only broke off one of it's wings, so it only fell. I really need to find something to eat on my way, since my stomach is grumbling. I know that there is a small town on the way, which has a Guardstation simliar to the barracks in the fortress I was hiding in. If I am ... lucky, then I can find some more unperishable rations there. Muzzleton is really small... So small indeed that it is barely a dot on my map. So there might not be too many of them there.

Day 6

afternoon

Wow! I wouldn't have believed it, but Muzzleton actually is completly empty! There is not a single one of them here. The small fort, which is the Guardstation, however is in bad shape. The walls have been broken down, and it almost looks to me like somepony took the stones. It doesn't look like it was destroyed or caved in, in any way, but more like it was taken apart to gather materials. The storage rooms were all empty, except the one I found behind a shelf in the commanders office. Looks like somepony had a private stock of candy there... Well I guess the chocolate may be stale and the Bon Bons may share that fate, but it's better then nothing. Eating those I kinda wish I had some of the dried rations left. Stale chocolate tastes... bad. The local stores didn't have anything to offer either, since all of the shelfs were picked clean. Somepony definitly needed alot of supplies. The only good thing I found to eat, was an orange tree that grows behind one of the stores. Some of them were actually ripe and edible. I wonder why nopony has taken them yet.

Day 6

late afternoon

I am now within visual range of Cloudsdale, hiding myself inside a cloud. Now that I have a means to defend myself, I am not to relucant to use magic anymore. Using a vision enhancement spell, I could see as if I was right there with the Pegasi. I can see several patrols around the city, made up by groups of three. So far, nothing out of the ordanary in a situation like this. But... what I don't like and don't intend to tolerate either, is what I saw beneath the City. There are giant walls, protecting a camp. There I can see several cages that hold ponies. All of them are mares. All the stallions I see, are not caged and exclusivly Pegasi. I don't have to think too hard why that is, since in one of the cage there was some.... action. I know that it can happen that a Unicorn or Earthpony mare gives birth to a Pegasus foal... It seems that this is the purpose of this camp. It's disgusting....

Farther back, also protected by high, and strong looking walls, I can make out several farms. These are tended by Earthponies and Unicorns whos horns got broken off. I can tell them apart, since there is still a little stump left where the horns have once been. I even saw some of the undead strapped to machines and wheels that I think are ment to grind corn or to produce electricity. In front of them.... there are non-Pegasus foals, also strapped to the machines, just out of reach of the undead.... This is horrible. I MUST do something about this. Even if this is the last safe haven for ponies in all of Equestria, what good is it if we throw all of our ideals aside?

Day 6

evening

I spotted Sweetie Belle... I don't have the time to plan anything out, as I wanted to do originally. I will go in now. One of the stallions has just entered her cage.

Day 6

late night

written by Rainbow Dash

That was... something different. I would never have taken you for the fighting type Twilight, but I guess strange times do strange things to ponies. I am gratefull though, I want you to know that. Living in that Cloudsdale was hell after the coup a few months ago. Hope you wake up soon. Seeing you out like this, after you saved me just doesn't sit well with me. I'm not really into this egghead stuff, unless it's Daring Doo that is undeniable the most awesome thing ever, but I think the least I can do to that you is to write down for you what has happend. Then you won't have to do it later, and can rest some more. Sweetie doesn't leave your side while you sleep. I think she is more then worried about you, even so we are not off the hook quite yet.

Let me start after Canterlot was overrun. I ofcourse fought as best as I could, together with the girls. During the fight we got seperated, and I can't tell you what happend to them. I saw several Pegasi guards leave the city in to different directions. Yeah I read what you wrote, so I guess that was when you and Cadence were brought away. At the time I thought that they were damn cowards. I mean we were fighting for our lives there! Princess Luna found me, when I was fighting with ten undead Pegasi, and protected me. I would have been able to take them on alone, but her help still was much appreciated. She then ORDERED me to flee. Can you believe it? She ordered me to run away! I... obeyed however. Not immideatly ofcourse, but she could be verry persuasive....

I went to Cloudsdale, and imagine my suprise when I found your foalsitter Cadance there! From that time, untill about half a year ago, she ruled Cloudsdale and was pretty damn good at it. She organized our defenses, made us look for survivors, and didn't even hesitate to go out herself to look for provisions or other things we needed. Half a year ago however... Somepony started a revolt, saying that it was an utter waste for us Pegasi to take care of the other races. He said we were the master race, and should rule the other Ponies. Cadence tried to reason with him, but that was her demise. He killed her from behind, and her head is still impaled on a post just outside of the former weather factory. Since then everything went downhill. I opposed him, and got stuck in that camp you destroyed earlier... All I can tell you from there on out, is that they brought in mares from all the other races. Those Pegasi mares who didn't go with their new regim, were also put there. Several were impregnated, with the goal of increasing the number of Pegasi.

The air still stinks with what you did. Charred flesh and furr... Really Twilight, don't you think you overdid it a bit? I mean when I saw you teleport directly into the middle of the breeding camp, ripping apart that stallion in Sweetie Belles cage with your magic... I didn't recognize you at all at first. I have known you for years, but I have only once seen you that angry. It was a hell of a fight when the guards had finally realized what had happend. Their bodies now are lined up in a neat circle around the place where you stood. We, meaning me and Sweetie, have freed the other prisoners after you opend our cages and collapsed. Most of them stayed here, and are currently maning the walls.

I just know that Stormtalon will not leave it at that. We either have to fight, or become his sexslaves again. I myself am pregnant with an unwanted foal. This must not go on. If he tries to come and imprison us again, and you are not awake by then, I will make sure none of his stallions gets even close to you or Sweetie. I am sure that he will try and retake this camp, but we are ready. We are not just single mares and stallions that roam the land in search for a safe place. This time his guards will have to take us all on at once, and I don't think they can....