Equestria At War

Chapter 2

Quick To Blame

“We were too late.” I lifted my head and watched Ponyville slowly burn to the ground, “I wasn’t fast enough...”

I watched as ponies ran in terror as houses and buildings fell down and topple over a few. They screamed and begged for help but nopony came to their aid. Even the ones who were savable were left to die. It was all too much for me and my mind began to race and go wild. Too much was happening and I wanted to all stop and go back to normal but it didn’t. Chaos continued and didn’t stop or let up, more and more ponies and houses were being burned but nothing was being done about it.

Just as I was about to lose it I felt something grab me and take me away. I turned around saw Fluttershy and Scootaloo both holding me with frantic hooves. Seeing how scared they were are how they were searching for the confidence I always give them I pulled myself together and stood up. I held them both closely for a moment before letting them and turning back to burning village.

“We gotta stop this fire.” I said looking more confident now.

“But how can we put out all of Ponyville?” asked Fluttershy.

I looked up and saw a large number of clouds above Ponyville, “With clouds.” I said with a smirk.

They stared at me with confusion, “Clouds?” repeated Scootaloo.

I nodded my head, “Stay here, don’t get hurt ok.”

“But you’re still hurt...” said Fluttershy.

I shook my head, “I can still fly.”

I quickly took the sky and went into the center of chaos, there I cleared my throat and told everypony to stop and listen. A few did at first but when I started yelling they all stopped and listened. I’m not too used to talking in a large groups, especially in a situation like this.

“EVERYPONY GRAB A CLOUD AND COMBINE THEM INTO ONE GIANT SUPER RAIN CLOUD!” I ordered.

Everypony were puzzled on my command but did what I said and started grabbing clouds and combining them. I assisted a few but my injuries limited me on helping. I could barely keep myself airborne let alone push one but I just kept pushing myself. After I grabbed my seventh cloud everything began to blur and I started to feel weightless until something jerked me back to reality. I looked up and saw Rainbow and Cakeran both holding my arms up, keeping me from falling.

“Cerulean what’s wrong with you!” questioned Rainbow in shock.

“Yeah you just fainted for a second.” added Cakeran.

I shook my head and gathered my bearings, “I’m fine don’t worry...”

They both looked into my eyes for a second but nodded their heads and placed me on solid ground, “Just don’t overdo it.” pleaded Rainbow before going back to the clouds..

I stayed back for a few seconds and let my strength come back, I took in a few deep breaths before I was able to to stand firmly again. My body was worn out from the sprinting and still hurt internally from the fire but I can’t let this happen to Ponyville. Once I knew I was ready, I stuck out my wings and took off. By the time I was up the cloud was ready but everypony was still confused on what to do. They all turned to me looking for an answer but I was more irritated at their stupidity.

“MAKE IT RAIN IDIOTS!” I shouted angrily.

They didn’t take my tone too well but did was I said and started stomping at the cloud. The cloud slowly darkened and began to thunder, soon enough rain began to pour down on the burning village. Since the cloud was incredibly large it required a lot of strength to make water come out of it. Even with all our combined strength we were only getting a little rain but we just kept on stomping without stopping. Every stomp I felt a jolt of pain run through my whole body but I didn’t stop. For all I know I might’ve broken my legs or worse.

It took some time but the fire began to die and everything began to settle, once the last flame was washed down we stopped and flew down. I practically plummeted to the ground breathing heavily but happy that we stopped the fire. Out of nowhere everypony began to argue on why they weren’t warned about this fire. They said it came from the forest and they began to question why the forest ponies didn’t come. Seconds later I heard a frantic scream of two mares and I quickly sprang up and appeared before them and the angry ponies.

“You don’t hurt them...” I said darkly.

“Why didn’t you tell us about this!?” demanded the angry pony.

“We didn’t know because we were at a party!” I argued, “We didn’t notice it till we were leaving.”

“WHY DIDN’T YOU NOTICE IT SOONER!?” shouted the pony.

“BECAUSE WE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WAS-” I suddenly dropped to the ground and vomited out blood.

Everyone around me gasped and backed away but Fluttershy and Scootaloo didn’t. They came to my aid and laid me down gently. They both turned angrily toward the crowd of now frightened ponies and glared at them all with tears running down their faces.

“CERULEAN JUST SAVED YOU!” shouted Scootaloo.

“THE LEAST YOU CAN DO IS SAY THANKS OR SOMETHING!” demanded Fluttershy.

I’ve never seen them both stand up for me, I laid there, blood trailing down my from my lips and shocked at what i’m seeing. Fluttershy, the mare i’ve always been protecting and standing up for is doing exact same for me and Scootaloo. The foal Fluttershy and I adopted not too long ago is doing this same. I didn’t know how to react to this but I just stared at them, waiting for what’s about to happen next at this moment.

It was silent and everypony stared at Fluttershy, Scootaloo and I. They didn’t say anything but a few still held a angry look on them. A few seconds later they began to break apart and go assess the damage. As they walked past us a few glared but others thanked and offered help for me but I told them to just mind their own business. I was mad at the fact they accused us of this but how could we know anyway? We were gone at a party for a celebration, since when did we become the patrol guards?!

Once everypony was gone it was just me, Fluttershy, Scootaloo and our friends. They all looked concerned and sad that we were accused of all this. Fluttershy and Scootaloo helped me up and steadied me. Everything in me burned and my heart pounded furiously while I steadied my breathing.

“Will somepony help my dad!” demanded Scootaloo.

“Twilight why aren’t you doing anything?!” questioned Fluttershy franticly.

“I can’t help him!” shouted back Twilight, “I can’t heal internal wounds, i’m not that skilled and his wounds are more serious than you think if he just vomited blood.”

“You all just want him to suffer because we didn’t get here in time is that it, IS IT!” cried Fluttershy.

“DAMMIT WILL YOU ALL SHUT UP AND BE QUIET FOR A FEW SECONDS!!” I yelled.

They all turned to me and surprised to see me standing perfectly fine now. I still had blood dripping from my chin but I wiped it off and limped over to them. I stared them down with a tired and irritated look, “Worry about me later but right now i’m going to see what’s left of my home. When you’re done fighting about who’s on who’s side come with me.”

I turned around started limping back home, my body ached in pain but my anger kept me on my hooves. I was tired, hurt badly, and irritated at everything that just happened. Like why couldn’t we just be happy that we’re alive!? We just saved Ponyville and stopped the random forest fire!

As my anger began to simmer I began to hear hooves on the ground from behind, I turned around and saw everyone following me with their heads down in shame. I didn’t even say a word to them, just turned back around and continued to limp onward.

After for what seemed like an hour or so we made it back home. There wasn’t really a home now, just ash and burning timberwood. It was still smoking and still radiating off heat but it didn’t matter to us. Fluttershy, Scootaloo and I sulked in front of our burned down home. Why couldn’t I have stopped this fire? I could’ve done what I did in Ponyville and stop the fire from spreading. Maybe it was my fault that this happened...

I was taken out of my thoughts when I coughed violently as the smoke choked my lungs and I quickly dropped to my knees. I crawled back to where I could breathe normally and stood up again. I was practically a few yards away from my home and friends. They all stared at me then back at my house then back at me. They still looked concerned but looked away, why are they suddenly avoiding me?

I know I yelled at them but that doesn’t mean i’m going to stop talking to you. I can’t even think straight with all this pain and nausea I have right now, I feel like I could vomit again or drop to my knees and die or worse. I paused for a moment, sighed, shook my head and spit out some blood onto the ground.

After a moment of silence Fluttershy spoke, “Cerulean?” she said, “We’re sorry that we fought.”

I looked over to her and sighed again, “I don’t want you all to break apart because of some random incident.” I turned to the others, “Same goes for you all.” I said more sternly.

Everypony nodded their heads, “Look, to make up for this you ponies can stay with us for now.” offered Applejack.

“Why can’t you take me to the hospital?” I questioned.

“It’s closed due to this forest fire.” said Twilight.

I sighed sadly and painfully, “Guess I’ll have to wait for now, lets go.”

Everyone except for Applejack, Fluttershy, Scootaloo and I left to go back home. As for us we followed Applejack back to her farm. It was a long walk and my body was screaming in pain by the time we made it. I was breathing heavily and could barely keep myself from dropping to the ground. Applejack took us inside and brought us to the living room, there I sat down on the couch and let out a long groan.

“I’ll get yall some blankets and pillows.” said Applejack.

We nodded our heads and she left the room, as for us we were silent. Fluttershy was looking at the floor with a devastated expression and Scootaloo couldn’t stop glancing at me. I sat up and made room for them both, it took them a second to realize what I was doing and they joined me. They made sure not to hurt me while they held me closely. I felt their trembling and heard their soft cries. I’m not sure if it's because of me or that fact we lost our home due to a strange but I can’t think straight at the moment.

After half an hour or so Applejack finally came back but brought company, with her were Big Mac, Applebloom and Granny Smith. I wasn’t sure why the others were here but i’m guessing they’re worried about me. Applejack gave us the blankets, Big Mac gave us the pillows and Applebloom and Granny Smith gave me a strange bottle. I didn’t why but one thing is for sure, it smelled awful.

“Drink this and you’ll feel better.” said Applebloom.

I stared at the bottle, “What is it?” I asked.

“It’s ma very special cider painkiller.” answered Big Mac, “I use it when I break a leg or something worse.”

“Can it work on internal wounds?” I asked again.

“You bet sonny.” said Granny Smith, “You could lose your leg and you won’t feel a thing.” she said.

I wasn’t sure whether to take that as a good or bad thing but I took a sip of the bottle. It tasted awful but surprisingly my pain began to slowly started go away. My head felt light, my body felt warm and painfree. I immediately drank the whole bottle in one take but almost dropped it. The cider was extremely strong and it burned like crazy but soon all the pain went away.

“Thanks.” I said happily, “I feel a lot better...*hic*”

Big Mac smiled, “Light head aren’t ya?” he said with laugh.

I stared him confused, “Um...What?”

“Nevermind, night yall!.” said Big Mac while leaving.

“Yall sleep well now, we’ll take you to the hospital and get ya fixed up first thing in the morning.” said Applejack.

“You sound funny...” I said with a giggle.

Fluttershy and Scootaloo stared at me for a moment, “Is he going to be ok?” asked Fluttershy.

“Don’t ya fret young missy.” said Granny, “Just a side effect.”

She winked at her and left the room, “Well goodnight you three.” said Applebloom joining her elder sibling.

Applejack stayed a little longer to make sure I fall asleep or something but I can’t be too sure. The whole time she just stared at me but didn’t say anything, is she going to move or did she turn into a statue.

“Um Applejack?” said Scootaloo, “How long you going to stare at my dad?” she asked.

“Just making sure he doesn’t have anymore problems, when he falls asleep i’ll go.” she said quietly.

Scootaloo nodded her head and snuggled into her blanket and pillow, as for Fluttershy she held me closely and closed her eyes.

“Sleep well.” she said softly while kissing my forehead.

“You...Too Fluttershy *hic*” Soon enough everything went black and I was out cold.

“Heh, finally fell asleep.” said Applejack.

There was a long moment of silence then Applejack began lean closer to Ceurlean’s face but stopped for a second. She looked over to Fluttershy who was asleep as well, same for Scootaloo. Knowing they were asleep she leaned in closer to Cerulean till her lips touched his. She didn’t pull away for a long time, she savoured the moment before pulling away, face blushing red and breathing slightly faster.

“Ok...Ya got that out of yer system.” she said quietly, “Now never do this again or you’ll get in trouble.” she said to herself.

She began to make her way for the stairs before stopping and turning to Cerulean, she couldn’t help but smile at how he slept. She then sighed sadly when she turned to Fluttershy, she had almost a grudge look to her.

“Wish I got to him first...” she said bitterly while staying quiet.

She went upstairs and into her room, there she sat on her bed for a while; she couldn’t stop touching her lips and thinking about what she had done. There were moments where she would get up and walk over to her door to do it again but she stopped when she pictured Fluttershy sleeping next to him. She gripped the doorknob angrily before releasing it and sitting back down. Tears began to build up and fall from her chin. She cried quietly so she wouldn’t wake anypony up but she wanted Cerulean to hear her but she knew the cider put him out cold.

“Why did he get to me...” she said sadly before going to bed finally, she was still crying but didn’t care anymore, “Why?” she said to herself before finally falling asleep.