Chapter 1 A different world
MLP Civil War
Chapter 1: A different world
"It's all my fault...." Shooting Star fell to his knees as a large dark cloud towered over him. He looked around to see nothing but the remains of a once lively place. A large ax was raised over his head, his senses were still sharp as he grabbed his sword and blocked the ax as it came crashing down.
"You continue to resist?" The dark voice said as it kicked Star away. "You continue to fight an un-winnable battle, one you know you shall lose, and for what?" Star was tired, he barely had enough energy to continue. "Do you fight to change your fate?" The dark figure grabbed star by the neck and raised him over his head, as he did a Shooting star chain dropped to the ground and shattered. "Or do you fight for something more? Ether way, you're a fool." Star tried to fight for breath as his throat was being crushed. "You are more a fool then those so called elements you tried so hard to protect." The dark figure threw Star through a nearby building, as the debris collapsed on top of Star, the dark figure began to laugh. "A shooting star, capable of granting any wish? What a joke, your nothing more then a Breezy with no wings to me."
The dark figure used its magic to pull Star out of the rubble, as he did Star used the rest of his magic to brake out of his grasp, as he tried to escape he was pulled toward the shadow once more. "Annoying little pest! You do have talent for running away, perhaps I should fix that!" The Shadow raised it's large Ax and brought it down onto Star's legs. Star screamed in pain but it was blocked out by the roar of the thunder. "You never stood a chance of winning. Your fate was sealed the second you confronted me." The shadow raised it's large ax once more. "You were destined to lose!" The shadow brought down its large ax with a terrible force.
"Ahhhh!!!!!" The young man screamed as he shot up from his bed. He quickly diverted his attention to his legs, with a quick motion. He scaled his hands to his legs to see them still attached. In a sigh of relief, a small grin appeared on his face. "It was just a dream." He wiped the sweat from his forehead and began to rise to his feet. "That was a weird dream, it actually felt real." The young man shook his head before giving his cheeks a hard slap with the palms of his hands. "Snap out of it. It was nothing more then a dream." His attention was quickly diverted to the window as he saw the moon setting. It captured his attention, mesmerized his thoughts, and before he knew it, he was at his window watching the moon set. "Why do I always feels sad when the moon goes away?"
"Star! Breakfast!" Star turned to his door when he heard those words. He smiled and walked to his door.
"Alright, I'm coming mom." Star yawned as he began to stretch his muscles to get his blood flowing. He began to move a bit quicker to his closet and opened his closet door. "Another day in Baltimare." He felt as he said that phrase before, but not like he said it yesterday or the day before, it felt like he said it that exact way before. "Weird...." He quickly dismissed the thought from his mind and walked out of his room. He jumped over the rail and dropped down one floor in front of a older female zebra.
"Ah!" She ended up jumping back as a plate full of food went flying upwards. Star caught the plate and all the food and handed it back to her the way it was prior to it getting launched into the air.
"You should be a bit more careful mom." Star said as he handed the plate back to her. The lady chuckled and walked away from him toward a small wooden table.
"More like you should stop jumping down from the second floor." Star looked around the house and began to feel a bit depressed. His mother looked at him and started to worry for her son. "Something the matter?" Star snapped back to reality and shook his head.
"N-no I'm fine, it's just......Are you sure you will be alright on your own?" Star started to question his own thoughts when he said that. Why wouldn't she be alright? It's not as if anything would ever happen to her?
"No need to worry dear, no one will bother me." His mother smiled only to hide the fact that she was worried for her son. She knew they didn't have the best living environment, they lived in the slums of Baltimare, there was nothing but violence, crime and poverty. Yet her son did all he could to keep her safe, there house up and running and himself healthy. However this year he was moving to a new town called Ponyville, he recently got a interview to be a engineer there for a machine development company. She only knew what Star told her about it. It was called the Pie's Machinery, it developed allot of strange vehicles that no one ever heard of, nor did they ever want, but Star enjoyed the interview and was asked to move closer to the job.
"When I start getting the money, first thing I am going to do is fix up your house mom." Star said as he sat at the table. The second he sat in the chair it collapsed under his weight. "Starting with this chair." He got up putting his hand on the table only to have it go threw it. "And this table." Star's mother chuckled at him. He always felt happy when she laughed, she would always laugh at anything she saw as a minor problem.
After breakfast ended, Star's mother started to wash the dishes as Star continued to pack his bags. He packed his cloths and his sketchbook, but as he held his sketchbook in his hand, he took the liberty of looking through it. All the drawings he had ever made, from when he was little kid, to his drawing of that pink mare who was bouncing around the shop during his interview with her sister. It was hard to believe that they were related when his interviewer's expression was as flexible as a rock.
"I think she said her name was Pinkie. Wow even my in my crappy drawings, she is cute. I wonder if she has a colt friend?" Star shook his head as he closed his sketch book. "Get your head out of the clouds, no way a mare that cute isn't taken, then again she was working on that monster of a machine. I think she called it a tank. Well why is she making something like that? Shouldn't she be, I don't know baking cakes?" Star started to argue to himself, most people knew he did this and thought he was a few screws lose in the head.
Star threw his bag over his shoulder and started at his door, before he touched his doorknob. he turned back around to his room. He started to recall the events he had with a few of his friends,. He then started to feel bad, as he was the last to move out of his mother's house. "Some cool guy you turned out to be. Living with your mother for 20 years and you just NOW found a decent job? Pathetic." Star sighed as he opened his door, he walked down the steps and was greeted by his mother once more. She smiled and hugged him with tears in her eyes.
"I am so proud of you dear, you're finally moving up." Star's mother truly felt joy as her son was finally doing something more then just sitting at home playing video games all day. It wasn't much but it was something. "Oh yeah!" She released Star and walked back to the kitchen. Star felt a bit confused but walked over to the front door and leaned on the wall, in wait for his mother to come back. She did with a small box.
"What's this?" Star took the box and opened it to revel a small necklace with a shooting star symbol on it. Star's eyes widen as he saw it. "No way...." Star said under his breath as he took the chain out of its box.
"It was your fathers, he would wanted you to have it the second you were capable of living on your own." Star's mother looked at him, the panic and horror in Star's eyes started to worry her. "Do....do you not like it?" Star looked at his mother and forced a smile on his face.
"N-no I love it!" The dream Star had started to scratch at his mind when he looked at the necklace. As he put the necklace on, his heart began to race . "How does it look on me."
"Your starting to look like your father." Star chuckled as he held it in his hand. He didn't want to bother his mother with his dream, but when he held his necklace in his hand, his dream was the only thing that flashed threw his mind. "Star?" Star looked to his mother. "Your bus will be leaving soon, you really should go now." Star nodded and walked out the door, he tucked the necklace down his shirt and started to run to the bus stop. "It was just a dream, don't let it bother you, just keep focus and you will do fine." Star got on the bus, as he did, he noticed everyone just staring at him, as if they saw an outcast for the first time. Star was used to it, he just ignored them and walked to the back of the bus. "Back of the bus again, nothing ever truly changes here." The bus closed it's doors and set off on its journey to Ponyville.
It was well over a 3 hours drive, and there was traffic between Baltimare and Ponyville. So to say Star was board was an understatement. He wanted to draw something, but he realized that his only pencil was broken. Worst off, they took away the knife he was using to sharpen it. Something about it being too unsafe, despite it's blade being too dull to cut anyone without using allot of force. The second he said that to the bus driver his knife was taken away from him. So with nothing else to do, Star dozed off, his mind focused on that dream once more. He was running from a large dark figure, it was raining heavily. He looked around to only see the ruins of a once lively town. He turned back to see the dark figure chasing him.
"You sure have a talent for running away." The dark figure said as Star found himself engulfed in magic once more. "Perhaps I should fix that." The dark figure pulled Star closer and placed it's ax at Star's legs, but before he cut his legs off all that came out of his mouth was. "We have reached our final destination, Ponyville, now get off my bus." Star woke up to see he was the last one on the bus. He felt more then tired, he felt beat, physically.
"Why do I keep having that dream?" It really started to bother Star, that dream was eating away at him. He needed to get his mind off of it, and what better way to do that then with a nice cold Barry punch drink. He grabbed his bag and proceeded to walk to the front of the bus. He turned to the bus driver and asked if he could have his knife back. The bus driver only had an I don't trust you look on his face. He gave the knife back along with a stink eye. Star felt on edged and quickly exited the bus. The second he got off the bus he could hear a voice booming through his head.
"WELCOME EVERYONE!!!!!!!" What kind of psychodelic person would use a microphone and an amp with a loud speaker? Star started to rub his ears as he made his way up front. His eyes rested on a girl who's skin was that of peaches and cream, her fluffy pink hair was like cotton candy, her smile, though a bit too wide, was still able to make him feel at home and at ease. She soon kicked the amp and microphone away and used her speaker phone to talk. "My name is Pinkie Pie, I am here to invite everyone here to a super duper fun party that I am hosting for you! And you, and you, and you, and you and you...." Her bubbly attitude turned allot of people away from her, except Star. He was mesmerized by her, he could stand there watching her jump around for hours. When everyone else moved away from her, Star stood there speechless. Pinkie saw him and tackled him to the ground. "Ohmygosh your back! Your Shooting Star right? I remember seeing you the other day with my sister, I think she really likes you, because she was super duper excited when you found an interest in her machine project thing, I mean I have no clue what she is making but you seem to know, and she likes that about you."
Star was barely listening to her, he was more captivated by her jiggling breast that were inches away from his face. His blush made him look like an eggplant as he just watched them moving freely around him. Pinkie was also sitting on top of him, which made him blush even more. He looked around and started to see some others staring at them and decided to get her off of him and stand back up. He brushed himself off and went to help Pinkie up, but she already jumped up and hugged Star's back. "I really am glad to see you again, Maude wanted me to tell you to come to the shop when you got here." Pinkie grabbed Star's hand in excitement and started to run threw the town but stopped at the entrance first. "Oh yeah one more thing, welcome to Ponyville the most awesomest place ever! After you get settled in I will take you on a tour of my home."
Before Star could say another word, Pinkie grabbed his hand again and ran threw the town. Her speed and strength were enough to make Star look like a kite flying threw the sky. Before long Pinkie stopped in front of a building named Pie's machinery, She had a large grin on her face as she looked at the building. She looked at Star and felt a bit concerned for him, his face was a bit pale and his eyes were moving around like a twister. "Is the ride over?" Star asked as Pinkie burst out laughing.
"Your funny Star, because your the 8,634th person to say that to me. You look like everyone I take here as well." Pinkie let go of Star's hand, and he collapsed to the floor in exhaustion. Pinkie knocked on the door to the building in a rhythm like manner. A girl came to the door and cracked it open. "Maude it's me, and I brought you that Shooting Star you asked for." Pinkie said in a musical tone. Maude looked at Star, his pale expression told her Pinkie ran him through town with her monstrous speed, just like everyone she brings to the shop.
"Pinkie I told you not to drag everyone here as if they were a kite." Maude's tone had a lot to be desired, it was as plane as the overalls she was wearing. She fully opened the door only to have Pinkie hugging her. It was still hard to believe that those two were related. Star rubbed his head and got up, he felt a bit off balance as he was trying to collect himself. Maude looked to him and patted his shoulders. "I would like to first congratulate you for not dying. The last few people Pinkie brought here ended up hospitalized due to internal bleeding so your already better then them." Star started to chuckle nervously, he also started to think to himself.
"If Pinkie did that to the last few people she brought here, maybe she is still single?" Star said to himself.
"Yes she is." Star looked up to Maude in shock. "You were talking out loud. Luckily for you, Pinkie went inside when you said that." Star blushed and felt a bit of pressure on his heart. "Allot of people like Pinkie for....her features, but they are turned away due to her attitude. Mainly when she drags everyone here. So if your still asking then you must like her for more then her body, or are you just like everyone else." Star opened his mouth but couldn't say anything. "If you make Pinkie cry, I will not hesitate to fire you. It's just a fair warning isn't that right Bolder?" Maude held a small rock in her hand, it was kind of weird that she had a pet rock, but Star really didn't mind her indifference. He was still concerned about her attitude, was she happy, Sad, mad? He started to think all her emotions could be distinguished from her one facial expression. He shook his head and ran inside after Maude.
"So how many employees do you have so far miss Pie?" Maude looked back at Star as she gave him a tour of the facility.
"Well there is Pinkie and me. Now there is you, so 3." Star was a bit confused, how could two girls make all these machines? "Your probably wondering how two girls could make all of this? Well we didn't, I did. Pinkie helps me out allot, but she has no idea how these machines work. And with the strange happenings with the Princess, she wanted us to have some of my creations ready for the summer festival for some reason. I don't know why but something has scared her, something about the moon. Anyways I was only able to make 10 or 20 thousand of these Tanks. However only 1 is actually usable." Maude pointed to a tank that was painted Pink, Star had a feeling who it belonged to. "You've probably already guessed it, but that tank belongs to Pinkie. The others work but they overheat quickly, and some only move a few feet before blowing up. Many of the people I try to hire only last about 30 minutes, specially when I say half the tank's blow up." She looked back to Star and to her surprise he was still there. "I think I like you already Star, you have yet to leave."
Star looked at Maude. "Well, your offering me 30 bits an hour and you said that the princess is sponsoring your shop. Also you seem to be one of the few people who doesn't look down on me." Star started to rethink that thought, her face was like a wall, it was hard to tell what she was thinking.
"Why? Because your part Zebra? I don't care about that, to be honest, you have more of a pure heart then many of the other people I have met. Sure your tail has less fur but your still a person." Star felt joy when she said that, his smile made him look a bit friendly as well. "Though your black and red hair is kind of scary, as well as your red stripes, some people would be scared of you, because those who have black and red seem to be evil. There aren't that many dark skinned ponies around here." Star's face went back to normal when she said that. She hugged him for a second before moving on, it made him a bit more confused then anything seeing as she only hugged him for a second.
"So when is the Summer festival? I would like to know how long we have to complete these tanks." Maude did something strange, something Star didn't expect to see appear on her face, she actually broke a smile. Star almost thought her face would brake when she did.
"I really like you now Star, Bolder seems to like you as well. Anyways we have 2 weeks to get everything ready, When the princesses pupil comes to Ponyville then the Summer Festival will be right around the corner." Star climbed to the top of a nearby tank and opened the hatch.
"Well then we better get to work then." He took a pair of goggles and placed them on his face as he went into the tank. Maude smiled softly once more and walked away.
"I think we found a winner. And it only took 5,568 people, right bolder?" The day went by quickly, Star continued to tinker with the tank, he popped his head out of the tank and wiped some sweat from his forehead. He looked up to see Pinkie placing a cold apple cider on his head. He looked up to her to see her smiling. When Star took the can Pinkie sat on the outside of the tank and opened her can.
"Maude seems to be found of you, which is good, it means I can like you." Star jumped out of the tank and sat next to Pinkie.
"What do you mean you can like me? By what Maude told me, your friends with everyone in this town, you seem to know everything about everyone." Star said as he took a sip from his apple cider.
"Well yeah, I do have allot of friends here, but not many of them like me and my sister the way you do. I mean sure I am always happy around new people, and I know everyone, but besides Maude, I don't really have many friends. The closet person I could say is a Friend is Fluttershy, but.....somethings happened and she...." Pinkie started to cry a bit as she thought of Fluttershy. She wiped her tears away and forced a smile on her face. "Well it's not really important."
"Isn't Fluttershy that girl with the light pink mane? She seems rather shy around most people. Also is she blind?" Pinkie looked a bit shocked when Star said that.
"Yeah but how do you know? She hasn't left her house in Months, I only know because I go shopping for her." Star started to wonder that himself.
"I-I don't know it's as if-" Star started to recall that nightmare of his again, this time it was a bit earlier in the dream, he saw a girl with long pink hair, a purple blindfold wrapped around her eyes, she was holding what looked like a broken sword, and she was attacking Star.
"Do you have dreams about it?" Star looked at Pinkie in shock. "You have this recurring dream were there is the battle between you and her, she has a sword that seems broken but can still cut you from a distance, and she fights you on a snowy mountain yes?" Star was awestruck when Pinkie said all that.
"How...." Star shook his head, it was a dream right? It kept appearing in his head though, as if it really happened.
"Yeah I have those dreams too, all of them have you in it. Kind of weird huh, you always go off on your own....and you die, and I always feel sad, not like my dog just died sad, but someone close to me." Star started to blush, he then looked down to see Pinkie's hand on top of his, his heart skipped a beat as he saw it. Pinkie looked down and quickly moved her hand away. "Oh, um sorry, I don't know what came over me." Pinkie got up and jumped off the tank. "Anyways I have to set up for a party, you should come, after all it is for all the new folks of Ponyville. Which, I might add, you're apart of." Star watched as Pinkie left the building, his eyes were fixed on a specific body part of hers as she walked away. He was only reworded with a can to the head. He looked to Maude who held her arm out as if she threw something.
"What was that for?" Star stated as Maude went back to her book. Star rubbed his head where the can hit him.
"I can tell you truly lust after my sister, but please keep in mind what I said to you earlier. Make her cry, and you're fired." Star recalled Pinkie crying a bit, he didn't realize it at that time but he did kind of make her cry. "Your Lucky Bolder told me that Pinkie was only crying because she remembered something about one of her friends. So you got lucky." Star sighed as he jumped down from the tank.
"I only wanted to get to know her a bit, I mean sure she is pretty but....." Maude got up and flicked Star on the head. "Ow! Why did you....."
"If you like her, you should tell her. Pinkie is a bit dense when it comes to things like that. You seem dense about it as well." Maude said that last part a bit more quietly, to the point that Star was unable to hear all of it. "Anyways, go, go tell Pinkie you like her before she is swept away by someone else." Star didn't completely understand what Maude was saying, but he did decided to find Pinkie and tell her something. Maude watched Star run after Pinkie, she sighed as she looked at Bolder. "I understand what you were saying Bolder, but it still pains me I couldn't have him for myself." Maude walked back into the shop, as she did a large shadowy figure began to walk toward it.
Star looked around town trying to find Pinkie, he found it hard to believe that it was hard to find a jumping pink girl when he was looking for her. "Where could she be? She said something about setting up a party, but where could you...." Star looked around the town, his eyes stopped on a large tree in the center of the town. "Worth a shot." Star said as he ran toward the Tree. He stopped at the tree and opened the door, he saw Pinkie, she was on a ladder hanging decorations. He also saw a pale skinned lady with a beautiful violet mane. Her cloths and pose made her seem sophisticated as if she were a model.
"Thanks for helping me out Rarity, your decorations are perfect for this." Rarity smiled as she used her magic to move the decorations higher up.
"Don't mention it darling, by the way, I over heard you and your sister received a new employee, and what is more surprising, he has yet to run away. He must be some sort of psycho- er I mean interesting guy." Star felt a bit insulted when she said that, he knew she was going to say psychopath, but from all the stories everyone was saying about the Pie sisters, he understood why, still it did hurt to hear.
"You mean Shooting Star? Well he is kind of cool, he knows more about that machine stuff then I do, plus he is kind of cute." Rarity smirked as she looked at the front door.
"You don't say, well I wonder if HE thinks your cute as well?" She turned to the door, as she did Star hid behind the wall. "For that why don't we let him say for himself." She waved her hand and engulfed Star in a blueish magic, he was then pulled into the tree house and placed in front of Rarity. "Well he does look a bit cute, even if he isn't my type." Pinkie looked down and turned red, her hair shot up like a volcano when she saw Star at her feet.
"Wait was he, but then I, uh oh..." Pinkie started to lose her balance and fell off the ladder. Star started to get up as Pinkie landed on his stomach and knocked him out cold. Pinkie leaned forward and began to rub her head, she looked down to see Star under her. "Wah!" She screamed as she scrambled to her feet. Rarity chuckled and walked to the door.
"I will give you two some privacy, you two obviously have something to discuss." Pinkie leaned Star up and started to fan him trying to wake him. Rarity walked toward her boutique, as she got there she saw a guard with what looked like a pair of ear rings in a handkerchief. When Rarity saw this, her eyes widen with distraught.
"What...." Star opened his eyes, the sight of Pinkie made him blush. She smiled as he shot to his feet. "P-Pinkie? What....Oh." Star remembered Pinkie falling on top of him.
"Sorry about falling on you." Pinkie said as she rubbed her head with a smile on her face. "So....how much did you hear?" Star blushed as he looked away.
"Hear? Hear what?" Star didn't want Pinkie to feel embarrassed by what she said. Pinkie moved closer to Star's face.
"Don't play dumb, I know you were listening in, otherwise Rarity wouldn't have-" Before Pinkie could finish her sentence, a loud explosion could be heard.
"What was that?" Star and Pinkie ran to the door, there was smoke coming from
Pie Machinery. "Oh no that's coming from...." Star watched as Pinkie jumped to the top of a nearby building.
"Maude!!!!" Pinkie screamed as she rushed to the workshop. Star fallowed behind her, he couldn't jump as high as Pinkie could, so he stayed grounded. He didn't have much magic as the people in Ponyville.
"Damn it!" Star Screamed as he stopped at the front of the Pie Machinery building. He felt horror run throughout his body as he saw the building burning down. "W-where's Maude...." As Star looked around he could hear a loud bang coming close by, it was fallowed by more. BANG! BANG, BANG, BANG! Star ran behind the building to see Pinkie fighting what looked like a Minotaur. It was holding Maude in one of it's colossal hands, it's eyes were as red as blood, it was clear he wasn't looking for bathroom.
"Let my sister go." Pinkie said, though her tone was different there was no happiness in her voice, no sympathy, it was only rage. What was even more unsettling was the two handguns with what looked like balloons imprinted on the handles were gripped in her hands. Her eyes were locked onto the Minotaur, she was bearing her teeth, and she was hovering her fingers over the triggers of her guns as if she was waiting for a reason to fire.
"The Night demands that you produce us with 1000 tanks! Here I am trying to collect what you owe, and you threaten me! The Moon queen will have your heads if she doesn't receive her tanks, NOW!!!" As Star listen, he began to recap, Maude said that they were making tanks for Princess Celestia, then why was the Minotaur stating they were for a Moon Queen?
"We already told you, we weren't making the Tanks for her! Now let my sister go, else...." Pinkie pulled back the hammer on both of her guns and aimed them right at the Minotaur's head. "I will be making a brand new rug." Pinkie started to look a bit different, her hair started to straiten out and became more flat, her eyes had a psychotic look to them. It was clear that this wasn't the Pinkie Star came to know. Maude slowly opened her eyes and looked to Star. She quickly moved her eyes from him to the shop a few times. Star looked to the shop to see one of the tanks aimed right at the Minotaur's back, and it just so happen to be the one Star had worked on earlier today.
"Is she telling me to....But if I do then she will......" Star contemplated with his thoughts, Maude was telling him to use the Tank? Or was she trying to show him something else? He diverted his attention back to Pinkie who was jumping around the Minotaur shooting it. "Maude told me a bit about her weapons, they use a users Magical power to create bullets, I'm guessing Pinkie has some magic in her, despite being an Eon. Then again Uni and Pegu aren't the only type of people that can use magic. If that's true then..." Star looked back to the tank. "What's to say I cant? But even still, wouldn't that harm Maude?" Star was unsure on what to do.
"Star! Us it!" Star looked to Maude, she was looking right at him. "Stop thinking about it and use the Tank!" The Minotaur Looked to Maude and started to crush her in his hand.
"Quite you!" Pinkie shot the Minotaur again, he wasn't phased as much by Pinkie's attack, it was clear to see that her magic wasn't strong enough to pierce the Minotaur's skin.
"Do you want Pinkie to die.....? Please.... use the Tank!!" Star gripped his palms and ran to the building. Pinkie kept shooting the Minotaur, blinded by her own rage to hear Maude, her only though was to save her. Star jumped into the tank, he flipped some switches and pressed a few buttons. The Tank started to warm up. "Please Star, protect Pinkie...." Maude said, Star noticed one thing as he turned the tank on. When Maude asked him to do this, she had tears in her eyes, it's as if she knew what was going to happen. Star didn't want to do it, he hesitated, but when the Minotaur started to move closer to Pinkie well, something in him forced him to press the button. The tank turned on, it aimed at the Minotaur as magic started to enter the large barrel in the front of the tank.
"Maude....I am sorry." Star had tears in his eyes, doubt in his heart, but he soon turned it into courage and willed himself to fire the cannon. As he did, Maude threw Bolder at Pinkie, when it hit her forehead, a large barrier formed from the rock. When it did, a large blast came from the tank Star was in, the blast was large enough to engulf the Minotaur and Maude. Pinkie watched in horror as both the Minotaur and her sister turned to dust right in front of her eyes. She banged on the barrier but was unable to brake through.
Maude smiled as she turned to ash, she smiled just as Pinkie would have before she just vanished. The energy from the tank caused the tank to malfunction and brake apart, Star was able to jump out just as the tank burnt up. He fell to his knees and tried to gather his nerve, he couldn't believe he had just killed his employer, let alone the sister of Pinkie. He looked to Pinkie, the barrier finally dropped, when it did Pinkie dropped her guns and walked over to Star quickly. When she was over top of him, she punched Star right in the face. "Why did you do that....WHY DID YOU FIRE THAT CANNON!!!!!!" Pinkie mounted Star and began to punch him repeatedly. "Why did you kill my sister? Why did you fire that Cannon? Why?" After awhile Pinkie could no longer punch Star, she instead berried her face in Star's chest and began to wale.
Star laid there, his face bleeding, his soul fractured. "Who is this Moon Queen that Minotaur was talking about? I want to...." Star gripped his fists and banged the ground. "I want to end her!"
"Something tells me nether side will be receiving any tanks then." Star looked up to see a girl with long purple hair with a pink highlight going threw the middle of her hair. "Well this is quite the predicament. Spike, please send a message to the Princess, The tanks she requested will no longer be a part of her defense." Star looked at the girl and slowly got to his feet.
"Wait a minute, were you the Pie's employer?" The girl looked to Star, she seemed to have no real emotion in her eyes, but it was different compared to Maude. Maude had some sort of emotion in her eyes, but this girl, it's like she abandon her emotions all together.
"My name is Twilight Sparkle, I am Princess Celestia's tactician, this is Spike, my knight." Star looked toward the young dragon, he felt something dangerous emitting from the young dragon. Spike was just staring at the damage the cannon left behind.
"Too bad those cannons aren't done, they would really come in handy for the battle to come." Spike stated as he touched the dust left from Maude and the Minotaur. Pinkie lashed out and charged the dragon.
"DON'T TOUCH THAT!!!" Spike quickly used the sheath of his blade to hit Pinkie in the stomach. He moved so fast that Star could barely see his movements. Pinkie fell to her knees, as she did Star started to get up only to be pushed back down by Twilight's magic.
"Please calm down you two, we saw the battle as we made are decent toward to ground. I am sorry for your lost, but we are not your enemies here." Star started to struggle as he looked to Twilight.
"What do you want with us?" Twilight walked over to Star and crouched over him.
"Why we want nothing, you see, there is a storm coming, a storm called Nightmare Moon."
Footnote: Level up..... New perk added, Engineer-You are good with tools, every weapon you make will receive a + 20 success rate. New skill added, Magical usage- you can now harness the element of magic to increase your power, speed and endurance.
Chapter 2 Farewell to a Dream
MLP Civil War
Chapter 2: Farewell to a dream
Star looked up to Twilight who had him pinned down with her magic. "What do you mean by that?" Twilight stood up and looked down to Star.
"Just as I said, the Moon Queen, known as Nightmare moon, is said to return to Equestria during the summer festival. We are here to prevent that from happening." Spike picked Pinkie up and threw her over his shoulder.
"Why are you telling this....thing, anything Twi? We don't know where his loyalties lie." Spike asked as he walked up to Twilight. Star glared at the dragon with anger, sure a lot of people call him by hurtful names, but no one called him a thing. To be called a name is one thing, but to be called an object is truly hurtful.
"I am telling him this because I know exactly where Zebra's loyalties lie." Twilight released her magical grip on Star and began to walk away. She grabbed Pinkie with her magic and turned to Spike. "Why don't you test his skills, if he is weak, kill him. The princess has no use for weak people." Spike smirked as he turned his attention to Star.
"Wait did she just say kill?" Star asked as he got up. "And what do you mean by the princess has no use for weak people?" As Star got to his feet Spike quickly moved in front of him and slammed the sheath of his blade into Star's stomach.
"You don't have time to talk, you better defend yourself. Or don't and let me kill you, ether way..." Spike pulled his katana from its sheath and aimed it at Star's head. "This is going to be the most fun I have had in days." Star moved back as he saw the blood lust in Spikes eyes, it was clear that this dragon was looking for a kill. Before Star could take another step back, a sword was thrown to his feet. He looked to Twilight who just glared at him.
"It would be a short fight if you didn't fight on equal terms." Star nervously took the blade and held it with both hands. The blade shook, his stance was weak, it was easy to see that he had never held a blade before. "Although by the looks of things, it still will be a short fight. There is no point for me to watch this, Spike finish him off and meet me at the center of town." With that Twilight focused magic to her feet and jumped away. Spike kept his eyes on Star, he smiled showing his sharp teeth, his glare felt sharper then his teeth.
"I hope you can last at least one minute, I don't want this to end too early." Spike rushed Star and knead him in his chest, the sudden blow pushed Star to the wall. As he tried to catch his breath, Spike langued toward Star swinging his sword in a vertical way. Star was able to move out-of-the-way just as the blade smashed through the wall.
"You got to be kidding me! I just killed my employer and a freaking Minotaur and you expect me to fight a psychopath right now?" Spike growled and kicked Star in the stomach, he followed up by punching him in the face and a swift strike with the back of his sword. Star fell to his knees in pain. It was worse than the pain he felt when Pinkie punched him. "Why are you doing this?"
Spike grabbed Star by his hair and threw him out of the workshop. "Why? Because war is near? Because Twilight asked me to? I don't need a reason to hurt someone like you." Spike grabbed Star by his hair again and kneed him in his stomach again. As Star dropped to the ground, he gripped his stomach with his arm.
" Don't need a reason to hurt me? I get it, you don't like half breads like me ether, just like everyone in Equestria!" Star gripped his sword in his free hand and glared at Spike. Spike smirked and held his sword in a defensive stance.
"I think you have it wrong, I could give two shits of you being a pony, a zebra, or whatever. I just hate people who lack resolve. Now how about you show me some resolve, else I really will aim to kill you." Star glared at Spike and rushed him, he gripped his blade and began his attack. Spike blocked all of his attacks without so much as flinching. "Your swinging that thing around like a toy!" As Star swung his sword down at Spikes head, Spike used his palm to block and brake Star's sword. Star was in shock when Spike broke his sword like a toothpick. "No resolve, no strength...." Spike chopped the back of Star's neck and sent him crashing into the wall behind him.
"What Twilight sees in you is beyond me." Spike Grabbed Star by his hair again and threw him outside. "Whats even worse, your not using any magical skill, I could have killed you 5 times already." Spike Sighed as he threw Star at the wall. "Seeing as you can't hold your own, maybe I should try fighting that Pink girl, after all she WAS fighting that Minotaur. She must be a better fighter then you." Star struggled to get to his feet, his aura started to change, as did the color in his eyes, they started to turn dark red. Spike looked back at Star and smirked. "So finally ready to get seriou-"
As Spike was speaking, Star launched toward him with more speed then he normally had and punched him in the face. Spike was pushed back and almost lost his balance. "If you touch Pinkie...." Star Rushed at Spike again with amazing speed. Spike gripped his sword and swung it at Star. However Star ducked under Spikes strike and launched his fist right at Spikes face again, this time however, Spike grabbed his fist with his hand. Spike smirked as his eye changed to a darker green.
"Not bad, guess all you needed was a push in the right direction. Guess that means I no longer have to hold BACK!!!!" Spike had what look like green embers emitting from his fangs, he threw Star into the sky and blasted him with a greenish fire. Star was unable to dodge as the fire engulfed his being. Star closed his eyes expecting the fire to burn however when he opened his eyes, he saw what looked like a stone pavement. There was no stone pavement at the Pie Machinery building. As that thought runs threw his head he falls onto the pavement face first.
"I see Spike didn't kill you, how....unfortunate." Star Struggled to his feet, the damage Spike did to him was more than he first thought.
"What do you mean unfortunate? Dude hits like a charging bull." Star got up and held his stomach, Spike really liked aiming for his stomach, he could barely stand straight without pain shooting throughout his body. Star fell to his knees gripping his stomach.
"You wine too much." Twilight said as she looked to the large tree in the center of town. Before long Spike landed beside Twilight as they proceeded to walk into the large tree library. "Well hurry up mister Shooting Star." He got up and started to walk to the door.
"Wait how do you know my name?" Star asked as he leaned on the wall inside the tree. He was using the wall as leverage to keep him on his feet but the pain he felt was almost too much to handle. Twilight placed Pinkie on the ground and released her magical hold on her. After everything was settled, Twilight walked over to one of the bookshelves in the Tree Library. She pulled out a notepad and tossed it to Spike.
"Spike take a note, we have to check on a few other ponies here, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow dash and Applejack. The princess really wants those 4 and this girl, Pinkie, on her side." Spike wrote everything Twilight asked of him. He glanced back to Star and pointed at him.
"What about him?" Twilight looked at Star and walked over to him. She used his magic to heal him up. "I'm guessing he will also be with us as well?" Twilight nodded as she focused on healing Star. It didn't take to long which made Twilight question why.
"Strange, you're an Eon, and yet, you don't have many broken bones." Star looked confused as Twilight said that. Why would he have broken bones? Well besides the ones that Spike may have inflicted on him. Twilight turned her attention to Pinkie. "Pinkie's legs, knees and shins were almost completely destroyed. Do to the fact she used Magical energy for the first time. But you, Spike was attacking you, and stated you used Magical energy to boost your speed. Your Condition should be similar to Pinkie's then. How your able to walk now is......intriguing." Twilight almost had a smile on her face, but she dismissed the thought from her head.
"What do you mean by Magical Energy?" Star asked. He did want to know, after all it felt like his life was powering the Tank when he first shot it. And when he fought Spike, he felt his live sending more energy to his legs to move faster. Twilight walked over to him and held her hand out. As Star kept his attention on it, he noticed a purple hug covering her whole hand.
"Magical Energy, a life force that connects us to Equestria, all beings that cover this land have some sort of Magical Energy. Uni's have the most and are capable of turning it into a physical construct. Pegu focus there magic into their wings allowing them to fly. Eon's have very little Magical Energy, however those who can harness it can run faster than any Wonderbolt. Jump Higher than any Frog and can take more of a beating. In short Eon's have strong physical Magical Energy despite it being weaker when used at a range." Star was still a bit confused, but he did understand that Magical Energy was able to boost his abilities.
"So your saying I am strong or something?" Twilight Engulfed Star in her magic and slammed him into the wall. "OW! Easy, I'm still hurt here!"
"Ha! Strong? Don't flatter yourself. I could easily crush you if I wanted to, however the Princess has ordered me to keep your sorry ass alive. However...." Twilight tighten her magical grip, her hair hid the top part of her eyes as she glared at Star. "You do anything to harm the princess, anything at all, and I will end your life. Got that!" Star nodded nervously. "Good." Twilight released Star and walked over to the door. "If the princess orders me to kill you I will do it with no hesitation. Spike we are going to recruit the rest of the ponies on that list for Princess Celestia. I hope you find your resolve before then Mr. Shooting Star." Spike and Twilight left the Library leaving Star alone with an unconscious Pinkie.
"I didn't ask for this...." Star sat down next to the pink girl and sighed. "Guess I was pulled into something crazy again." Star didn't fully comprehend what he just said. Crazy again? Why would he say that? He has no real memories of this happening before. "You're probably just imagining things again Star." He said to himself. He turned to see Pinkie lying there, her hair became puffy again. Star was still a bit surprised when it puffed up after the fight was over. He looked to the front door and sighed before baring his head in his arms.
Star's ears shot up as he heard, what sounded like jets flying pass the Library. He walked over to a nearby window and looked outside to see none other than the infamous Wonderbolts. They were a group of Pegu fliers that fought for the princess. Star always admired their abilities, he wanted to join when he was younger, but was unable to due to not being a Pegu. "You need wings to join us, they say, you need to be a Pegu to join us they say." Star sighed and walked away from the window, when he did, he heard something hit the outside wall of the Library hard. He turned back around and opened the window to see what hit the wall. To his shock it was a Wonderbolt, a female by the looks of it. Star's expression was grim when he saw her head smashed in as she hit the wall. "W-what the...."
Star ran outside to see what was going on. A dark figure, it looked like a shadow falcon was attacking the Wonderbolts. It's eyes were the same color as the Minotaur's. Star kept it's eyes on the Falcon as it took Pegu after Pegu out. It grabbed One Pegu by his wings with its large talons, and ripped them right off his back. To say the Wonderbolts were taking a beating would have been an understatement. They were getting slaughtered. Star wanted to to do something. He ran back into the Library and looked around. He found some metal shards and some wires, probably Pinkies when she first got there. He started to make something using what he found, when he finished another Wonderbolt crashed through the front door with her arms ripped off. Star gathered his nerves and ran outside.
"We need backup!" One of the Wonderbolts said. Star put his goggles on and aimed his newly constructed weapon at the Falcon. He was unsure how he made something like this so quickly, but he didn't have time to think about it as The Falcon grabbed the last Wonderbolt by her arms. Star grinned and pressed the trigger on his weapon, and shot a large metal spike at the Falcon. The spike pierced the Falcon's skull and caused it to crash down to the ground. Star started to chuckle nervously as the Falcon turned to dust. His weapon also started to short-circuit and fall apart after that one use.
"Really? Only one and it blows up? Great I should really look into that." Star saw that Wonderbolt on the ground grabbing at her blue wing. He ran over to her and helped her up. "You alright?" He asked as he helped her to her feet. Star looked around and decided to take her into the Library. It was better than being out there with all the carnage, and dead pony's around them.
"Thanks." The girl said as Star helped her inside. She took her mask off and punched the wall. "Damn it! That ended badly!" Star looked at his broken weapon as the girl punched the wall. She looked to him and sighed. "If you hadn't helped me when you did....."
"I didn't do anything, I just wanted to help....So much for doing that. All those ponies died because I didn't react fast enough." Star couldn't understand why the weapon he made broke after that one use. "Maybe it has something to do with that Magical Energy Twilight was talking about...." The girl walked over to Star and fell on his back. "H-hey...."
"Shut up...just.....let me rest for a second." Star looked at the girl and sighed. "You have strange hair."
"Your one to talk with that rainbow style mane of yours." When star didn't hear a comeback he turned to see her sleeping. He sighed and just sat there. "Strange things just keep happening to me." He said as he tinkered with his weapon.
The sun slowly started to set as Twilight and Spike return to the Library. The sight of that rainbow colored girl laying on Star's back questioned the two but they didn't seem to say much. "Don't ask." Star said as he flexed his back causing the girl to wake up. She jumped back and fell on her butt as she did.
"W-where am I?" The girl asked as she slowly recalled everything that just happened. "Oh....." She felt sad as she got up. Her mask was clinched in her hand, her face was distort.
"I take it your Rainbow Dash." Twilight asked as she sat at a table. "Spike could you get us all some tea, it seems we have a guest." Spike scuffed at her order as he walked into what looked like a kitchen. "Good work Star, it seems you found one of the girls on our list without me even asking you. You did a decent job." Star glared at Twilight and went back to tinkering on his weapon.
"Hey cut the guy some slack. He killed a giant Falcon and saved my life and......wait, how do you know my name?" Twilight summoned a scroll and opened it showing Rainbow Dash what was on it. "This is...."
"A list of all the members of the Wonderbolts." Rainbow Dash looked at the list and noticed almost half the names were crossed off. "I am sure you guessed it by now but, there are only 5 Wonderbolts left in Equestria. Judging by the carnage outside, there are only 3 left now. Spitfire, Lightning Rod and you, Rainbow Dash. Spitfire is with the Princess gathering her strength and is recovering. Her squad was wiped out by another Shadow Falcon, just like your Squad. Lighting Rod surrendered to the Shadow Flacon his Squad confronted and was taken away. That leaves you." Twilight rolled the Scroll up and it vanished into thin air.
"So you have a list of everyone in Ponyville?" Star asked. Twilight nodded and summoned another Scroll.
"I have a list of all beings in Equestria. The reason I know you Star, is because I was the one who made sure you came to Ponyville. It was difficult to get that Maude girl to agree to you coming here but I did it none the less." Star got up and charged Twilight. Twilight stayed calm and engulfed Star in her Magical Aura before launching him away.
"YOU BITCH!!!! So you're the reason Maude is dead? You're the reason for all this?" Star felt anger toward Twilight, who just remained Calm. Spike came back out with her tea and placed it on the table for everyone. Twilight took a cup and slowly drank some.
"I don't understand your logic Mr. Shooting Star. I had no idea that there would be a Minotaur that attacked her, I only made sure she hired you. So stop acting like a baby, she died so get over it. And as I recall, YOU were the one who fired that cannon at her, I did nothing." She took another sip from her cup as she released her magical hold on Star. "Though I'm impressed. You managed to make something from the small scrap pile I left for you." Star glared at Twilight again, but before he could say anything Rainbow Dash slammed her hands on the table.
"Wait are you saying you knew that Falcon was going to attack me and my friends?" Twilight sighed as she calmly drank her tea.
"I did not, though I did expect something to attack Mr. Shooting Star, however, it attacked your group instead. It is unfortunate and so many lives were lost, but that is an unknown variable for you." Twilight finished her cup and placed it back on the table. "I didn't expect anything like this to happen, but I did see it coming, I even warned the Princess about it. That is why the Wonderbolts were asked to protect Ponyville. That is why The Pie's were asked to make those tanks, unfortunately those tanks are all useless."
"No." Everyone looked to see Pinkie sitting up. "Not all of them, there is one that works fine." Twilight felt a bit of doubt.
"Spike and I checked all those tanks, none of them work."
"The pink one works, but it's linked to my Magical Energy." Pinkie said as she gripped her sheets. "It was the first one Maude made with me, it works as long as I am in the cockpit. All you have to do is replace the confetti with an Magic Amp and it will fire energy bullets. Star and I can have one in it as soon as tomorrow."
"But Pinkie, are you sure? I mean, you don't have to." Star stated looking a bit worried for her.
"Those Shadow creatures are the reason my sister is dead, and you expect me to sit back and do nothing! If you won't help me then I will install it myself and send all those Bastards Void!" Pinkie held back her tears as she remembered what that Minotaur said. "If what you say is true Twilight, and this Nightmare Moon is that same Moon Queen bitch that Minotaur was spouting about, then you can count me in to kill all of them."
"You can count me in as well. I might be one of the remaining Wonderbolts, but I still am one, and I will continue to serve my Princess." Rainbow Dash said gripping her mask.
"So what about those other three you were asking about?" Star said getting up. Twilight seemed a bit surprised when Star asked that question.
"By how you were wining about everything, I didn't expect you to want to fight with us Mr. Shooting Star." Twilight smirked a bit as she said that.
"Well I made a promise to protect Pinkie, and if she is in...then I am as well." Spike chuckled a bit again when Star said that. "You have something to say Dragon?"
"Oh, it seems the crybaby finally found his resolve." Spike gripped his sword and slowly took half of it out of its sheath. "Want me to split you in half now?" Star stood his ground and glared at Spike. He could see a new ember burning in Star's eyes and decided not to fight. "So there is a small amount of confidence in you now. That's good, I don't have to kill you now." Twilight started to chuckle herself.
"Well, if Spike doesn't want to kill you now, then that means you wont be dead weight." Twilight stood up. "As for the other three....Spike and I went to see Fluttershy, when we got there, she was already being escorted away by some shadow ponies. Rarity is wanted by Princess Celsetia. Apparently she attack the castle, she took out 50 guards before my brother stopped her. Those gems of hers are truly deadly." Twilight sighed as she told everyone about those two.
"That doesn't sound like Rarity." Pinkie said. "Just a few hours ago she was here helping me and Star hang these decorations....Oh crap! I forgot about the party! Aw it's too late now, no one will show up now. I didn't even pick up my cake from the Cake's bakery." Pinkie started to cry as she wouldn't be able to eat any cake now.
"Glad to see your priorities in line Pinkie. Or how you can quickly change your attitude." Twilight stated as she looked out the window. "Say Rainbow Dash, do you know Applejack?" Rainbow Dash nodded and walked over to the window.
"Yeah she is my.......She was a close friend of mine, she stopped seeing me when I became a Wonderbolt." Rainbow Dash started to recall Applejack saying something about being unable to be friends with a Wonderbolt, she was still confused by that.
"Well maybe we should pay her a visit. We need to try to recruit her before the shadow ponies do." Twilight stated as she looked to the farm in the horizon. "We should all go." Twilight walked to the door, as her hand touched the door knob she looked back. "If you wish to stay here then do so, there is no telling if those Shadow creatures will attack us." Star Took a long piece of metal and quickly sharpened it and made a blade. Twilight looked impressed as Star made it so quickly.
"Well the sword you gave me broke, so I need something to defend myself with." Star said as he grabbed some rubber and made a harness to hold his blade.
"Heh your pretty good with your hands their buddy." Rainbow said with a smirk. The group left the Library and headed toward the apple farm in the distance.
As the group made it to the apple farm, they saw what looked like the aftermath of a devastating storm. The trees were broken, the farm destroyed, but the most horrible thing they saw, an elder woman laying in a pool of blood. "Oh no..." Rainbow Dash rushed to the elder and turned her on to her back. "It's.....It's Granny Apple."
"Yeah, and do you know what happened to her?" Two figures walked out of the Ever Free forest, one was a girl with skin as the color of an orange, and a large muscular man whose skin was as red as a beat. "It was those so-called guards that princess of yers had." The girl had blood all over her face, hands and feet. "The same princess you fallow Rainbow, killed granny, just because I wouldn't let them have ma farm for their stupid war, and now....." The girl had anger and sadness in her voice, she gripped her fists and put her hands up in a guarding stance. "Now I will destroy everything she has made! It's time fer a new leader, someone who won't kill my family!" Rainbow Dash stood in front of the group and locked eyes with the girl.
"Applejack.....I don't understand where your coming from. What makes you think the Princesses guards did this?" The red man threw a helmet at Rainbow Dash's feet.
"That's one of the royal guards helmets, Big Mac took it from the same guard that took my granny's away from us!" Applejack's anger started to manifest around her arms and legs. It took physical form as her arms and legs now had armor covering them. "I know that Purple girl is with the Princess, so why don't you stand aside Rainbow. I don't want to have ta kill you too." Applejack rushed Twilight, her speed blew Rainbow Dash's mind, as she felt to slow to react to her movements. Spike blocked Applejacks attack and pushed her back.
"Twilight..." Spike put his guard up, Pinkie and Star grabbed their weapons and stood in front of Twilight next to Spike.
"I know Spike. That girl, she has piece of Fractured Harmony." Twilight used her magic to summon a staff from thin air. "And it would seem that The Moon Princess has already gotten to her." Rainbow Dash stood in front of everyone and locked eyes with Applejack. "Ms. Rainbow Dash, I must recommend that you move out-of-the-way. She is too dangerous to let get away."
"Shut up! Applejack is my friend, I don't want to see her get hurt." Rainbow Dash gripped her fists as she tried to stay strong. "But even if she is, I wont let her murder anyone, so please....." Magic started to form around Rainbow Dash's hands, they started to form sharp blades. When they manifested they became two daggers, the handle looked like a cloud with a rainbow-colored lightning bolt. "Let me deal with her, I will bring her to her senses so no one will have to get hurt."
Applejack growled at Rainbow Dash. "So yer gonna side wit them? I knew it." Applejack put her fists up as she locked eyes with Rainbow Dash. "I knew you would abandon me too!" Applejack charged Rainbow Dash with incredible speed. This time though, Rainbow Dash could see her movements and blocked her strike with one of her daggers. She was still thrown back as Applejack had more power then Rainbow Dash. "Whats wrong? Too strong for ya?"
As Applejack fought Rainbow Dash, they others were faced with the behemoth known as Big Mac. "Twilight, they both seem strong, it feels unwise to fight them both." Spike said as he kept his eyes locked on Big Mac.
"Agreed, we should retreat, night is coming." Spike nodded and aimed his blade at Big Mac. "You have 2 minutes Spike, Mr. Shooting Star, Ms. Pinkie Pie, we should retreat for now."
"Why? It's 4 against one, we have him out numbered." Star said as he gripped his blade. The second he said that Big Mac punched the ground and caused rock spikes to launch up from their feet. They all jumped out-of-the-way just in time, but the shock did hit Star. "Ok, so he has more strength than us, that doesn't mean we can't beat him."
"Listen to the pro Star! Look, I can hold him back for no more than 2 minutes, that should be enough time for you to get away. We came here to recruit, not start a fight and possibly lose someone." Spike stated.
"I am with Star, we can all take him if we fight together." Pinkie held her guns at Big Mac and started to fire at him. The giant dodged her shots and rushed her, grabbing her by the neck. The speed and power he held was shocking, Star started to swing his sword at Big Mac and hit his side with the blade, only to have it brake on impact.
"Damn it!" Spike striked Big Mac with his palm and shot a small shock of magic threw him forcing him to drop Pinkie. The power pushed Big Mac back allowing the others to get Pinkie and move back. "Now do you see? You both are too inexperienced to fight just yet! Now fall back!" Star grind as he nodded. "Twilight, your 2 minutes start now." Spike held his sword up in front of him. "I may not be able to hold him for the 2 I promised though." Spike thought to himself as he rushed Big Mac.
"This is bad." Twilight said as she began her spell to open a portal. "Star think you can make a new blade? Spike might fall."
"What? And you just let him fight knowing that?" Twilight said nothing as she focused on the portal. "If you expect him to fall, then why let him fight alone!" Star looked around and couldn't find anything but grass and wood. He took a chunk of wood and a handful of grass. "It's not much but it will have to do." He moved fast turning the wood and grass into a blade. "It really won't last long against that thing you know."
"We don't need it too, as long as he doesn't kill you, then it will be fine." Twilight started to open the portal. As she did Spike started to scream in pain. Star looked up to see Big Mac poking Spike's eye with one finger. When Big Mac pulled his finger out of Spike's eye socket, the sight of Spike's eye lodged on Big Mac's finger seem to get to Star. Spike fell to the ground gripping his now missing eye. He looked up to Big Mac and watched as he crushed his eye in the palm of his hand.
As Big Mac raised his foot over Spike's head, Star rushed in and pushed Spike out-of-the-way. "What are you doing? I told you to-"
"Cut the shit! If you die, then what would be the point?" Star aimed his sword at Big Mac. "You fool, like a wooden blade can-" Star swung his sword and a large gust of wind sent Big Mac flying through the remains of the barn. "What in the...." The sword started to crack as Star felt a bit wabbly. They looked to Rainbow Dash who was thrown into the Ever Free Forest. "Damn it....Star, you're gonna have to help Rainbow Dash. I will get the others back to the Library."
"Oh, so now you trust me? What happen to calling me a weakling?" Star smirked as he said that feeling a bit big at his thoughts. Spike Punched him in the stomach.
"Just get going before I change my mind." Star gripped his stomach and started to chase Rainbow Dash. Spike moved to Twilight as the group moved through the portal, Applejack and Big Mac watched as the group ran away.
"They don't seem so strong, but that black Eon...." Big Mac smashed out of the barn and walked toward Applejack. "Seems he sent you flying with that sword of his. The Moon Queen was right when she said watch him. Well we got our data, and ya got that dragon's blood right?" Big Mac showed his hand, he still had Spike's crushed up eye in his hand. "Good, that scientist guy will be happy with that, well there is only one thing left that we should do." Big Mac nodded as he got out of the barn. "I am sorry Granny, we will make them pay for this." Applejack lit a torch as Big Mac came out of the barn with a tank of gasoline. "Too bad Applebloom ran away, I hope we find her soon, she will have to face reality sooner or later." Applejack threw the torch into the barn and watched it burn down with Big Mac. Tears fell from her eyes but were quickly wiped away as she lowered her hat over her eyes. "Let's go, there is nothing her but bad memories."
Star moved through the dense forest in search for Rainbow Dash. "Hey Rainbow Dash! Where are you?" Before long he heard someone's voice and ran to it. He saw Rainbow Dash hinging from vines. He began to blush as he looked up. Rainbow Dash blushed as well and started to scream.
"D-don't stare you pervert!" Star nervously turned around and tried to run away. "Don't leave me here like this ether!"
"Well what do you want me to-" Rainbow Dash screamed trying to cover herself. "It might be hard to save you if you keep screaming, there is no one here but me and you." Rainbow Dash blushed and looked away as Star helped her down. "That Applejack really threw you out like a bag of trash. She seems to be really strong, but her speed, it was hard to keep up with both of you." Rainbow Dash stayed silent. She was unable to deal with Applejack, it wasn't her skill or her strength, it was the fact she couldn't bring herself to hurt her friend.
"Shooting Star....How would you fight a friend? When I was fighting Applejack, I....I couldn't bring myself to harm her, yet she could attack me." Star sighed as he looked to the sky.
"Who knows, odds are I would be in the same condition as you if I had to fight a friend. Anyways lets find some shelter and rest for the night. I think I saw a cave over there, we can rest up and try to get out of these woods by morning." Star started to walk in the direction of the last cave he saw. It wasn't much, but it was enough to keep the elements away as they slept. Star built a fire and made a blanket for Rainbow Dash from the leaves in a nearby tree.
"You really are good with your hands, it's hard to belive that there is someone who can make things as fast as you can Shooting Star." He blushed and scratched his cheek with a smile.
"Well even while I was in Baltimare, I had this talent for making things. Drawing, engineer, programmer, I can do all of it. But today was the first day I ever thought I could make something as fast as I can." Star looked to the moon. "I came to Ponyville to try to find a decent living. I had a job working on machines, I met some cute girls I doubt I can ever ask out." Star started to feel sad as he said that. "Then I got pulled into this potential war. Some life huh?"
Rainbow Dash turned her attention to the Fire. "Yeah. Your story sounds like mine. I became a full fledge Wonderbolt this morning. When they told me I was to lead a squad of Pegu around Ponyville I thought, this will be cool I get to lead a group and show them what I got. I told Applejack and she said, I don't care for ponies in the Wonderbolt, as if my dream ment nothing to her. Then we get attacked by this Shadow Falcon, and I'm saved by a cool guy who doesn't have a clue." Star's ears perked at that last part.
"What?" Rainbow Dash chuckled some more when he finally turned to face her. "What did you say there?"
"I didn't say anything. Anyways remember what Twilight called that weapon Applejack just formed out of thin air?" Star began to think back. What did Twilight call that weapon? "Fractured Harmony. It's a name I heard a few times in the Wonderbolt academy. They say there are 6 of them, each represented by one of the most powerful elements in Equestria."
"Then why are they called Fractured Harmony?" Star became interested as Rainbow Dash spoke on the matter.
"Well I don't know the specifics, but my instructor, Spitfire, told me that they are manifested by the users broken heart. There are 6 of them, and.....Well I kind of fell asleep at that part." Star glared at Rainbow Dash and then recalled her two daggers. He got up and walked to a nearby tree. He took a few branches off of it and walked back inside the cave. He took out his small knife and started to make a holster for the blades. He handed it to Rainbow Dash.
"Well whatever these weapons, I think you have one as well." Rainbow Dash took the holster and placed her daggers in it.
"Thanks. You know, for someone who wines allot, you do step up to the plate quickly." Star blushed as he turned back to the moon and sat down. "You seem pretty cool to me too."
"I'm not cool, I am just some pony that can't do anything right." Rainbow Dash sighed and laid down.
"Hey Shooting Star...." He looked back to see Rainbow Dash raising the covers over her body. "It's getting cold, why not share your blanket with me." Her blush would be obvious to anyone, but Star seemed dense a bit.
"I'm fine, I will keep watch." Rainbow Dash looked irritated but said nothing and turned away.
"Dumb ass...."
Footnote: Level up......New Skill added, Rapid builder-You are good with your hands, you can make anything from materials you find around you. New Quirk added-Depression when you are alone or fail you will receive -20 points to Skills.
