The Crystal Empire comes into view within a matter of minutes. As the pegasi get closer they decrease their altitude to about twenty feet and then drop their partner. As soon as the first hoof touches the ground everything falls apart. "NOW!!" King Sombra yells from his castle as large black crystal monsters break away from the buildings and castle. Sombra starts summoning spikes through the ground that spear a couple soldier's. "Bring it on you crystal FREAKS!" Miki screams as he draws his sword with his magic and slices a monsters legs off.
The next few minutes of battle seem like hours to the soldiers as some are smashed into the ground or speared by crystals from the king. A crystal monster appears behind Miki, Rainbow notices just in time and zooms to the ground with sword in hoof and stabs it through the head. "You really need to watch your flank!" Rainbow yells to Miki. Miki turns just in time to see a crystal starting to grow behind Rainbow. "RAINBOW LOOK OUT!!" Miki jumps to knock him out of the way but is to late.
*Shunk* Rainbows eyes roll back in his head. Miki's eyes start to well up with tears. "NO!" Miki drops his sword and rushes to Rainbow. "RAINBOW NO PLEASE! DON'T YOU DIE ON ME DAMNIT DON'T YOU DIE!" Miki screams as he begins to cry. "M-Miki, looks like I wasn't watching my own flank huh?" Rainbow says with a smile,with some blood dripping out of his mouth. "Please Rainbow don't die on me PLEASE!" Miki picks up a sword and cuts off part of the crystal.
Miki slowly lowers Rainbows' dark blue body onto the black ground. "Rainbow please don't die!" "Miki I'll be *cough* fine." "If I do die on this battle field I want you to know, I love you like a brother." As he finished the sentence he closed his eyes and was gone. Miki then not caring anymore lifted Rainbow with his magic and walked from the battle. Towards home, ignoring the other deaths around him.
It was approximately 3:15 in the morning. As a dark rainbow maned stallion with a streak of black replacing the yellow jumped from the top bunk of his bedset. ''MIKI! WAKE up it's infiltration day!" "Urgh Rainbow why are you waking me up an hour before we have to get up?" Asked Miki in an annoyed voice as he rolled over and flicked his red and blue tail at his dark blue and rainbow maned friend.
Rainbow sighed. "MIKI RYUU GET YOUR LAZY PLOT UP AND GET DRESSED!!!" "Can't hear you, I'm asleep!" Miki says with so much agitation his horn starts sparking. Rainbow picks up one of Miki's boots and throws it at the lump in the covers. "OW!" "You suck Rainbow!!" "Get up damn you!!" "Fine!" Miki rolls out of bed onto his hooves. "Argh damn that crazy crystal king." Miki says as he heads for the bathroom.
The two stallions go through their morning wake up drill of 50 pushups, pull ups and sit ups. They each get a shower and brush their teeth. "Well Miki you ready to earn that armour?" "Well we didn't keep each other through training for nothing." The white coated stallion says with a smile. Both stallions start to dress in their battle armor both with a sword at their side. The two friends take a look at their room for maybe the last time.
The stallions stand among the rest of the soldiers which are broken into three groups earth ponies, unicorns and pegasi. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are briefing the soldiers in person for this attack. "Rainbow turns his head in unison with all the other ponies as the royal sisters enter the room. Princess Luna walks to the center of the room.
"ATTENTION BRAVE SOLDIERS OF EQUESTRIA!!" "YOU STAND BEFORE ME AND MY FAIR SISTER CELESTIA READY TO FIGHT!!" "WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE SUCH FINE STALLIONS RISK THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR NATION!!!" "KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU MAY DIE TODAY!!!" "BUT I AM SURE THAT WITH YOUR EXTENSIVE TRAINING YOU WILL ALL PROSPER IN BATTLE!!" "MAY HARMONY GUIDE YOU IN THIS DARK BATTLE AND THE BLESSING OF THE SUN AND THE MOON PROTECT YOU!!!"
Luna then steps away as Celestia comes over and stands beside her. "MY BRAVE SOLDIERS OF EQUESTRIA, WE ARE JUST MINUTES AWAY FROM AN ATTACK ON THE EVIL TYRANT KING SOMBRA." "NOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE EACH PEGASI CARRY EITHER ONE UNICORN OR ONE EARTH PONY." "NOW SINCE YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ASIGNED A FLYING PARTNER THIS MAY BE A GOOD TIME TO MAYBE SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR BEST FRIEND." "NOW AS THE UNICORNS AND EARTH PONIES ARE DROPPED FROM THE AIR THEY WILL BE ON THE NORTH SIDE AS WELL AS THE AIR SUPPORT." "MY SISTER AND I WILL BE ATTACKING THE SOUTH SINCE THE DEFENSES WILL BE FOCUSED ON YOU, GOOD LUCK MY BRAVE FIGHTERS."
The two sisters then leave the room. A buzzer sounds as the huge doors open in front of the soldiers. A second higher pitched buzzer then sounds and the pegasi then fly to who they are air lifting. Rainbow immediately flys over to Miki and grabs his hooves. "Hey Rainbow?" "Yeah Miki?" "Are you ready for this?" "Lets do it." Rainbow says with a smile. The third and final buzzer sounds and all the pegasi shoot out of the building at full speed towards the Crystal Empire.
