Fission

by Atomic Flash

Chapter 6: Plans

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             We spent the rest of the day hiding underneath bushes by way of Luna's invisibility spell but Luna I insisted on raising the moon when the sun was setting. But while she was doing so we were no longer invisible, so we had to be ready to flee at a moments notice. But luckily she rose the moon without incident and cast her invisibility spell over us again then we decided to try to go to Octavia's house under the cover of night.

            "I'm glad nopony saw us." Vinyl whispered.

            "That makes two of us." I whisper back.

            "All right, that's Octavia's house." Vinyl told us quietly.

            "Let's go over the plan again."Luna whispered to us. "We go up to the house, Atomic Flash will cast a spell to open the lock, I will go in and cast a silence spell on Octavia to stop her from screaming, and Vinyl will talk to her about joining our cause."

            "Ok" we both consent to her plan. "One, two, three." Luna whispered to us. I ran up, cast a spell to unlock the door, and stepped to the side to let Luna and Vinyl in. I then followed them after shutting the door behind me. Luna cast a silence spell on Octavia, who was standing in her kitchen washing dishes, then we lowered our invisibility spells. Octavia opened her mouth wide but nothing came out. She then looked at her mouth with a frightened look on her face as she tried to speak and no words came out.

           "Please don't scream Octy." Vinyl pleaded. Octavia stopped panicking and looked at all of our faces then seemed to calm down and nod her head in agreement. Luna then released her spell and Octavia was free to speak.

           "Vinyl Scratch! Princess Luna! Atomic Flash! What are you three doing here! There are guards everywhere! There's talk of rebellions and treason about! But you wouldn't possibly be capable of that.. Would you?" Octavia inquired. We all glanced at each other nervously then I tilted my head back to Octavia and cleared my throat. Taking the hint Vinyl looked back towards Octavia.

            "We'll Octy...we kinda are..and we where kind of hoping you could help us out.." Vinyl said in a sheepish voice.

            "Help you out how? Why would I risk my life for this madness?" Octavia demanded.

             "Remember what the Celestian Church did to us......" Vinyl half whispered.

             "Remember! How could I forget! The outrage! I had never been so humiliated in my entire life!" Octavia curtly replied.

              "If we win this thing we can change that......thing we where forbidden from...." Vinyl said in a lowered voice.

              "Very well I will help, now where can I begin?" Octavia asked. Almost a second later I noticed a guard staring at us through a window, and as soon as we made eye contact he cast a signal spell with his horn.

              "We've been seen!" I tell the others. Luna prepared to teleport us but while she was still casting the spell the doors was broken down and a unicorn guard shot a quick moving purple looking spell at us that hit all four of us.

              "It's a dimensional anchor! We can't teleport until it wear's off!" Luna explained.

              "Well I am not going down without a fight!" I exclaim. I concentrate my magic into an orb of telekinetic force which I shoot towards the unicorn guard, knocking him over, and run out of the kitchen into the hallway where I see a pegasi guard in the hallway armed with a set of wing blades, a extremely sharp type of barding that attaches onto a pegasus' wings. Fortunately for me the hallway is to narrow and low for him to swipe at me with them or fly above me so I have the advantage here. He's probably expecting me to use a spell so I'm going to give him a surprise.  I rush at the pegasi causing him to flinch then I use my telekinetic magic to slam him against the wall knocking him out. I hear sounds of fighting behind me so I turn back around to see Octavia getting her flank handed to her by a earth pony guard armed with tramplers, a type of heavy barding that is put on the hoof to do more damage, it is usually used by earth pony infantry because it slows down unicorn casters and pegasus skirmishers a bit too much. I cast a magnetic spell on the sink behind the guard and on his barding causing him to stick to the sink. Me and Octavia then ran down the next hallway to see Vinyl locked in combat with a pegasi guard in grey armour with wing blades. I was about to cast a spell when I noticed how his body became furry for a split second when he ducked under a telekinetic blast Vinyl hurled at him. "Fang!" I yelled out to him.

                  "Atomic Flash? Your the traitor!" He accused me.

                  "This pony is Fang!?" Vinyl exclaimed.

                 "Traitor! I just didn't like how Celestia was keeping the other princesses in the dark, she's a tyrant Fang!what do you think she's going to do when she realizes what you are? She'll purge you like she did the rest of them all of those ages ago!" I explained.

                   "Fine, I'll help out you and Luna, as long as me and my descendants are kept safe under your new order." Fang informed us. We all four ran outside to in time to see Luna cast a spell that put almost twenty guards into a deep sleep.

                    "The anchor is gone!" Luna yelled out to us. "Time to go!" We all jumped and grabbed ahold at her and was instantly teleported away.

                        We found ourselves in the middle of the everfree forest and Luna immediately cast many different spells that formed a tent sized force field like dome.

                       "That should protect us against the denizens of this forest." Luna explained.

                       "So what is that you aim to do?" Fang asked us.

                       "We wish to recruit different ponies throughout Equistra to join the rebellion." Luna explained to him.

                        "Do you have any information about where they are looking for us?" I ask him.

                         "Mostly Canterlot, though guards throughout the kingdom have been alerted to the danger." He explained to us.

                         "Well I need a place to stay hidden, without barding or tramplers I'm pretty much just a burden." Octavia informed us.

                         "That's a good point Octavia, we should break into an armory after all what good is raising an army without weapons?" I reply.

                          "Yeah we totally need a home base to store up supplies and sleep. Plus we shouldn't all get out at once, two or three ponies is much less likely to be noticed then five." Vinyl pointed out.

                          "Excellent points." Luna remarked. "I think I know of a place that could be used as a home base, it's up past the mountains near the badlands, it's a well hidden cave that is full of crystals that refract the light from above."

                            "How pretty!" Octavia said in awe.

                            "How many entrances are there, and how big is the cave?" Fang asked her.

                            "Two entrances, one about two ponies abroad near the main carven, another  in the badlands about one pony abroad. And the main chamber could easily fit 300 ponies."  Luna replied.

                             "That's perfect!" I exclaim. Finally a stroke of luck! "Now to get into an armory....Wait I have an idea!" I declare.

                            "Then lets here it." Fang replied.

                             "What if we put up recruitment posters in Applelousia to distract them and think we are in Applelousia then teleport to the night guard armory in Canterlot while their of guard!" I explain.

                              "That's a good plan Atomic Flash." Luna remarked.

                               "Time to put it into action!" Vinyl exclaimed.

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