Hopes in a Star

"W-what's going on?" Fluttershy asks, panicked.

"No time to explain. Just get all of your animals to a safe place, you'll see what-" There is a blunt thud on the roof. Then another, and at least ten more following that. "Fluttershy, hide." I whisper. There are voices coming from the roof, ponies screaming and yelling.

"It's started, the day of Aviation has begun." Remmer says to himself. One pony, a unicorn, flies into the cottage by breaking a window.

"Help! I can't control my wings! Please help!" She flies into me, knocking me onto the ground. Remmer trots up and pulls her wings off. They fall with a spark. "Thank you, thank you!" She then runs out of the house.

"The artificial wings, they are being controlled. Who ever is wearing them is being sent to wherever the pony in charge wants them to go." I look at Remmer. "You knew about this." I jump onto him, rising my hoof. "Why didn't you stop this?!"

He begins laughing. "Because there is no stopping it. It was inevitable, the day of Aviation was told through many generations, and we are lucky enough to have it." I back off.

Great, a prophecy. "Ok, so the house is surrounded by a bunch of ponies who are soldiers, and don't even know it?"

"Yes."

"So any worker of the industry is also a soldier."

"Yes. Except for you and me, we are safe." Remmer says, looking around blankly.

"So if they are all being controlled, then what about... oh no." I run around the house. "Sky! Sky where are you? Sky where-" I get knocked to the ground. I look up, it's Rainbow Dash.

"Write! I'm sorry, I can't control my wings. What's happening?"

"Listen Rainbow, just fight it." Her hoof shakes, being raised. What ever is put in the workers must be able to also control the nerves as well. Her hoof rises all the way, and it flies down onto my stomach.

"Ugh! Rainbow, please, fight it!" Her hoof rises again, but she is knocked to the ground. I struggle to look over, but there is Sky and Rainbow fighting eachother. I stumble to get up, and meet back with Remmer. The voices from outside are getting louder and somehow closer. "Remmer, we need to find shelter. There is no way we can hold this house down against twenty or more soldiers ready to hurt us beyond pain."

"I agree, but where? Where art thou shelter, thy shelter that shall save thy lives of thou friends and thyself?"

I try thinking of the show, it's been so long, atleast two more seasons have gone by without me seeing them. Then I remember the fan works, and the first fan animation I saw of MLP. "The shed! Come on, Fluttershy's shed, it'll be safer there. I hope at least. We need to sneak out of here." I feel a tap on my shoulder, and catch Sky as she falls. "We need to go, now." I buck down a door and crawl to Fluttershy's shed, Remmer close behind me. We get to it, and lock the door. There is the sound of glass breaking and wood being shattered to splinters from the house. I turn on the light and see Fluttershy with her animals.

"Write, what's happening to everyone?"

"Fluttershy, you need to trust me on this. Is there any way of you helping Sky?"

"I-I can try."

"Good, that's all we need." I walk over to Remmer. "So, now what?"

"Now you see, the four co-managers will take out the resistance, and our little friends here will be workers for Aviation Industries as well, yes."

"Wait a minute. Aviation Incorporated, AI. Artificial Intelligence! Those artificial wings aren't being controlled by a pony, they are controlling themselves!" A flying earth pony flies into the roof, making a hole in it. "Go!" We run out of the shed, using the animals to confuse the others. "Remmer follow me! Fluttershy you take Sky to the hospital!" I fly into the air, heading for Cloudsdale.

Remmer catches up to me. "Where are we going my friend?"

I look at him. "To the top." We get to the HQ, and I walk through the assembly room.  The factory is pretty much a ghost town at this point. "Come on." I walk up a flight of stairs and into a hallway, the same one that I shocked the guard in earlier. This time the room is clear. I walk up to the door, and nod to Remmer. We bust through the door. "Ok, what's going on-" The one behind the desk makes me light headed.

"Hello Write, I've been expecting you."

"Fluttershy? But, how?" She begins to laugh, and gets up from the chair. She begins glowing a green and changes into multiple ponies.

"You really think that you're the only one so cares for the Pegasi?" She finally stops changing. "I thought you'd be more aware."

"Chrysalis. So that's what this is about, the Pegasi ruling."

"You have no idea how long it took me to get rid of the bearded one. He certainly was a pain, but I did it. And now, you and the rest of your friends will be my army to take over Equestria, and seal the fate of the princesses."

"Write, what do we do?" Remmer asks. I look around, hoping to find something that can possibly take the room down.

"But you forgot something Chrysalis."

"Oh? And what might that be?"

"Waters a conductor." I fly towards a pipe, breaking it in half. It falls to the floor, electrocuting the entire factory since clouds are jut evaporated water. It soon catches on fire. I fall to the ground, being electrocuted along with the rest of the cloud.

Chrysalis jumps into the air. "No! NOO! My beautiful factory, all the hard work! You will pay!" Remmer picks me up and flies out through the door and out through the hole we made entering. The factory eventually falls, the clouds having already evaporated.

"Write, come on stay with me! Don't die, you're the closest I ever had to a real friend!" My body is spazzing out uncontrollably. I need to talk, but I can't. "Oh, I know!" He grabs a box that fell for the sky. I feel two cold things on my chest. "One, two, clear!" I jump. For the next minute or so, it's all white. I can't do anything, just see white. "One, two, clear!" My eyes open and my mouth gasps for air. "You're alive! I knew I could save you!"

"Yes, and we're alive too." I look over, it's Rarity, Pinkie, Applejack, and Twilight again. "You know, you could have just told us about Chrysalis instead of-"

"Ruining my entire factory!" Twilight yells, interrupting her.

I struggle to stand, using Remmer to lean on. "Like I would have let it go on anyways. You wanted Celestia over thrown, and me and my friends dead! Well guess what? We lived, and we won. Even Fluttershy made it, so I don't think you will have a great case in front of the judge. Who, by the way, is Princess Celestia." I look behind me, Fluttershy is walking with Sky.

"Judge? Ahm' not going in any sort of trial." Applejack says. "All we did was make the sky a safer place, I don't see what the problem is."

"Yes you do!" Celestia comes down from the clouds with Rainbow Dash. She must have gotten her.

"C-c-celestia, I-I mean, princess, I mean-"

"Silence!" Pinkie Pie goes quiet. "For the crimes you four have committed, a court holding will be necessary. I will make sure no drastic punishment will be given, but be assured that justice will prevail. As for you and your friends Write, you all have Equestria's thanks. Ok ponies, let's go." They all disappear in a poof of magic.

"Well, we did it guys." I say, looking at Remmer, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Sky. "Come on, let's go for a walk."

"But, Write, don't you have to go back to earth?" Rainbow asks me.

Fluttershy chirps in. "Yeah, and see all of the people you love? And your animals, and take care of things?"

I let go of Remmer, finding balance. "You know, when I went back last time, I wasn't looked at as another person. I was praised, people wanted to see me just to see you guys. My friends stopped talking to me, some of my animals are, gone, and I barley get to see my family because of the publicity. I think I'll stay here."

"For how long?" Sky asks.

"How long will Equestria be around?" They all run over, hugging me. "So, how about that walk?"