The purple unicorn mare known as Twilight Sparkle, has realized something about Shimmering light, he has died before. She knows this from a news story from back when she lived in Canterlot, he was found dead with three arrows in his chest just in front of the castle, the killer was never caught, and the body mysteriously disappeared. She was on her way to tell Josai, they know each other because she is helping him edit his story before publishing, it is his point of view from the war. It is not a long walk, only five minutes, but since she was running, it only took two minutes for Twilight to arrive at Josai's house. She was about to knock his mahogany wood door when the bomb blew up.
She was relatively unaffected by the initial explosion, other than being thrown back 5 feet, she is unscathed. Her natural instinct makes her check to see if she is all there, but then remembers where Josai is. She runs inside the smoldering ruins that were just a house, but not anymore. She is careful to avoid any hidden dangers, but keeps cutting herself on debris. It does not take long for her to find Josai under all the debris, his hoof is sticking out near the front door. She uses her magic to lift up the debris surrounding Josai, she can not get it all because she is all little weak from the explosion, more from shock then anything. Unsurprisingly, Josai is unconscious, so he is no help at removing the remaining debris from his body. It takes about five minutes for the debris to be completely removed. Twilight is extremely surprised to see that Josai is not just alive, but in one piece, it was highly unexpected. She has gained enough sense to be able to use her magic to move Josai out of the ruins. Just as Josai is out of the fire, one of the remaining walls fall, making Twilight focus her concentration on getting out of the way, making Josai fall into the ruins, his front right hoof becomes more cut then it already is. Twilight uses the last bit of strenth she can spare to teleport out of the way, she is not to far behind Josai, but knows she can not lift Josai out with her magic, so she carries him the last foot. It was a painful trip with her injuries, and his weight is not helping, he weighs about 150 pounds, it is nothing compared to Roid Rage, but still is a lot. She was expecting the emergency crews to be there by now, but they have not, which just makes Twilight's worries grow even more. In no time the entire neighborhood has shown up, but neither Twilight or Josai is awake to see it.
Author's Note
I prefer Twilight as a Unicorn, sew me.
When Josai wakes up, the first thing he realizes is that he is in the hospital, something tells him this is the same room as when he broke his wing a year before he signed up to go to war. This is surprisingly comforting, back when his only worry was broken wings, he still remembers the accident like it was yesterday.
"Josai, you need to remember that you can't fly too high, or you will miss the storm cloud and fail." Explains Rainbow Dash "And, the only way to get it without going to high and passing out from lack of air is to get it from below, do not, under any circumstances, go above that cloud." Continued Rainbow. "Just one foot above the cloud, and all oxygen will be lost, so be careful."
"Yeah yeah, I know." Blurts Josai rather rudely.
"Do you want to be able to make the 77th Pegasi Division, the flying aces?" Snaps Rainbow Dash.
"Sorry, I am just... impatient." Replies the younger pony.
"I know how you feel, I am still trying to get into the Wonderbolts, don't get impatient, or you will fail." Explains Rainbow Dash rather softly. "I know the feeling of disappointment, the fact that I am not a Wonderbolt yet has been very disheartening. Now, let us get going, we can not stand here all day and wish for a miracle to happen."
"Copy that!" Yells Josai.
"Good, now go go go!" Rainbow next to screams at Josai. He nods and takes off, the mission, take out all the white clouds on the way to the storm cloud just below the air line. He just reaches the first cloud when another pony goes to lay on that cloud, he does not see her and they collide, causing Josai to spin out of control, and hit the ground, wing first. As soon as he hit the ground he heard a snap, it may have been barely noticable noise, but you may have set alarms off in his ear, because that may just be the demolition of his dreams.
"Josai! Are you okay?" Asks Rainbow Dash.
"I am fine, but my wing is broken for sure." Replies Josai. "Who was the other pony?" Asks Josai.
"Ditsy Doo, or Derpy Hooves, depending on how close you two are." Answers Dash.
"Will she be fine?" Asks Josai. "I do not want to harm her." He continues.
"She is fine, a little shocked but fine. Listen, I am going to get you to the hospital, your wing is seriously messed up. And that is not an option." States Rainbow Dash.
"Fair enough, where is she anyways?" Asks the young pony.
"I have no idea, she took off as soon as she told me she was fine. Alright, close your eyes, a little rest should do you some good." Rainbow Dash points out.
He has not been able to apologize to Ditsy yet, it has been six years, and yet he has not been able to. He notices something on the table to the right of him. He goes to pick it up, but his hoof is unable to move, that is when realizes it is broken, how, he does not know. But Twilight does. He tries to use his left hoof, but it is a major pain. After about a minute of trying, one of the doctors walk in.
"Hello Doctor Whooves, it has been what, six months now?" Asks Josai.
"Indeed it has, that was one hell of a mess. That war was a bloody mess." Says Doctor Whooves talkatively. "Did you know that nopony knows my first name?" Asks the Doctor.
"I did, can you pass me the newspaper?" Asks Josai.
"I don't know about that one, you have been through enough already." Says the Doctor, his tone suddenly serious.
"What is wrong? If something has happened I need to know." Demands Josai.
"Suit yourself, but don't get mad at me when you read it." He says as he passes the newspaper.
"Thanks." Says Josai, but the Doctor remains silent. Josai just shakes his head and starts to read. The headline reads: "The end of love?" Intrigued, Josai begins to read more.
"Last night around 4:00pm, just in front of the Chrystal Empire palace," No, not now, not when we need her the most. "Princess Cadence has been found dead."
Author's Note
Thanks for the vote of confidence guys, I needed it... (._.)
Josai woke up screaming just like every other night. The same dream, no, more like a memory. During the war he was fighting along side his friend, Shimmering Light, one of the changelings, disguised as the commander, walked up to him, and cut his head clean off. That battle, Josai killed more than 200 changelings, he was driven by rage, he felt no pain, and no remorse. Josai is a blue Pegasus, a little taller than average height, he is about 3 foot 6 at head height. He has blood red eyes, faded red and blue mane and tail. He does not have a cutie mark. Shimmering Light is a white Pegasus, had a black mane that resembled Dr.Whooves' mane and tail. His cutie mark is unknown because he always wore clothing that covered it. Some found it suspicious, Josai found it funny. It must be a very embarrassing cutie mark if you want to hide it so badly. Josai looks at his clock, only 3:00 am, but this is very normal for this young pony, his age is barely 23. He served in the war for the last five years of it. He knows trying to continue to sleep will be pointless, he goes down the small hallway to his kitchen to get some iced tea.
He drinks it only when he first wakes up, five years ago, it would be at 10:00 am at the earliest, but now, he would give anything to sleep in until 5:00 am. When he opens the door, he realizes that he is on his last glass, so he decides to take a note of it. When he reaches his study, he opens the oak wood door, causing a bomb to go off.
Author's Note
If you like the story, then you can make a parody of it, but absolutely, under any circumstances, are you allowed to turn this into a "clopfic". Also, it is pronounced Joe-say, not yo-Sai. Just a heads up. Josai=Joe-say.
