Bells Of War

We stood in shock and awe as a tank with a gunner on top and a small militia of 50 men were shown through a hole in our walls.

"It's not up to me! We have a counsel here. It's not my decision." I called out.

"I didn't say it was yours! Hand her over and we all can walk away." Rin said.

I was stunned to making a desicion. Turn Rainbow over and protect Sanctuary, or refuse and watch our hard work be destroyed.

"Give us some time! We need to put this under thought. 2 days at least!" I said.

"Very well." With that, Rin's army left our home.

It took about a day to fix the hole in the wall. It used up most of our resources, but we did it.

"Now what?" Vinyl asked.

"Do we just do the deal?" Fluttershy asked.

"We can't. She's one of us." Scootaloo said.

"We won't. Let's try to talk her out of it. Try to lure her away." I said.

"How do we do that?" Fluttershy asked.

"We fight back. Get the cars ready." I said.

"Wait!" Dexter called out.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Your arm needs to be recalibrated. I'll be right back." He said.

I took the arm off and saw the stump I never got used to.

"Almost forgot she cut it off." Rainbow said.

"Yeah. I still feel it. I moving my fingers right now." I said.

I heard a chuckle from her which meant my attempt of a joke worked.

"So, now what?" Rainbow asked.

"She wants you and our supplies or we all die." I told her before I could stop myself.

"What are you gonna do?" She asked.

"We're going back. With everything we have left." I said.

We were near the castle when we saw smoke. We went and saw a bloodbath. Guards had people cornered.

"GET DOWN!" I yelled.

With that, we started firing. About every guard was wiped out. We saw the civilians on the ground. I ran in and untied them.

"Thank you. We thought this rebellion was for nothing." The first one said.

"Wait, rebellion?" Rainbow asked.

"You know about it. You brought those guns here. After you left, Meiko took over as the leader. We decided to take the town."

"What?" I asked turning to Rainbow.

"It's... it's true. I was helping Meiko and the others take over when you guys came into the mix. I knew I had to join you so I could ask you guys to come here and help us win this. But it looks like you guys already did."

"Yeah." A man said in the back.

"So, now what?" I asked.

"We have Rin as prisoner for now. But we need to execute her." Meiko said.

"Or you could hand her over to us." I said.

"No. We need to kill her." Rainbow argued.

"Look, we need to hold a meeting later and see where everyone at Sanctuary and The Kingdom stands. If we all agree, we take Rin." I declared.

"Alright. 2 days, in the castle." Meiko agreed.

We went back where we saw the place completely untouched. I saw Scootaloo walk out.

"Oh, thank God." Scootaloo came running to me.

"We're fine. Everyone's fine. Rin was overthrown and placed under arrest. They're trying to execute her and we're trying to take her in. If anyone else agrees, step forward now." I said.

To my surprise, almost everyone walked up. Everyone except for Rainbow and Keito.

"I know it's hard, but we have to. Otherwise, who are we?" I asked.

"We know, it's just... fine. I trust you." Rainbow said.

"We need to, Rai- did you just say yes?" I asked in shock.

"Yeah. I thought about what you said about me not knowing what to do, and I realized something, I screwed up my life by leaving you. I should've been here for the war with Bell. But I just took off and didn't come back. You took care of Scootaloo, didn't you?"

"Yeah. She was too sad to speak to us for a few weeks. I finally decided to talk to her after a month of her being distant. That's when..." I trailed off.

"Thank you. You protected her in a way I couldn't: You showed her a way."

I then remembered what Daisuke told me about showing her the way a year ago.

"She also showed me the way. Back in CHS, she was pretty much my only friend. Yeah, I had you guys, but I just felt... different with her, like I was at home. But then we had to leave. I overheard little talks about me and Scootaloo and some new people asked downright if we were dating. Like Daisuke; he didn't even hesitate. Then- oh, am I monologuing again? Sorry, I can't help it." I said.

"It's fine. If he says we're keeping Rin, so be it." Rainbow said to the crowd.

"Then let's go save Rin and Len." I said to them.

We drove rove to The Kingdom to see a crowd cheering and a ear-piercing slice with a guillotine slamming to the ground.

We were too late.

I ran to the crowd and saw the worst. Rin was decapitated medieval-style. The crowd stopped all cheering when I became visible to them.

"You just had to wait." I said.

"We... We-" Meiko tried to say.

"YOU JUST HAD TO WAIT!" I screamed.

"We couldn't! It had to be done!"

"YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT!" I said.

"Yes I did. So did you." Meiko said.

I calmed down almost immediately.

"Is Len alive, at least?" I asked.

"We don't know. He ran away as soon as we attacked. I'm sorry, we couldn't wait."

"Fine. Let's go guys." I said.

"But Rin..." Fluttershy said.

"Rin's dead." I said coldly.