The War of Equestria

The warm rays and cool breeze signaled another peaceful day in the land of Equestria which has just celebrated its 11th year of peace. As always, Princess Celestia has just risen the sun. But today, that routine was interrupted.

Afar, she saw when she saw a large black cloud slowly approached Canterlot from the horizon. Celestia's heart sank and her body felt cold. It was the feeling of fear all around her. She ran to find her chief commander, Silver Wing. Lucky for her, he and two other guards were patrolling the halls.

"Commander Silver Wing," she approached him until she towered over him, "get everypony out of the city at once!" Celestia urgently demanded.

"Why princess?" Silver Wing inquired. "What’s wrong?"

"I fear that he has returned." Celestia said.

"Who is he your highness?"

There was a moment of silence.

"King Sombra."

Silver Wing's eyes widened. At first, he couldn’t even utter a word but he gathered his courage and turned to his guards.

"Men," he shouted, "we need to evacuate the city, we're under attack! Relay this to any guard or authority you encounter."

They saluted and departed. As the city was being evacuated, Celestia took the opportunity to fly all the way to Friendship Castle, home of her student.

Twilight Sparkle.

Once Celestia arrived at the library, she bursts through the door, startling both Twilight and her assistant Spike. She saw her faithful student, who resembled her and her sister more and more every year and also Spike, whose growth was even more noticeable for he looked more and more biped unlike any other dragons she’s read about or seen. he looked more like a human than anything else. The fact that he had specially-made clothes by Rarity on him made him even more removed from dragons. Still, he sported the traditional dragon features like scaly skin, his back spines, pointy tipped tail, sharp teeth, and wings.

They had grown up so much over the years. If she recalled, Spike had just turned twenty. Twilight has also gotten older, she was now her little sister’s size. She had turned thirty-one last month and now started to wear a crown, necklace, and shoes.

"Twilight," she started, already sounding grave, "I need to talk to you, it's urgent."

"What is it, Princess?" Twilight said, knowing it must have been imperative if Celestia had to barge in like that .

"It's Sombra, he has returned." Celestia said.

"T- that's impossible, Sombra was trapped in ice 12 years ago." Spike reminded.

"Well, now he has returned, and he is attacking Canterlot as we speak!" Celestia explained.

"But why come here? Shouldn't you be in Canterlot, evacuating the city and defending your castle!" said Twilight.

"My guards are taking care of that. I came here because I need someone.”

Twilight gulped and Spike frowned upon seeing her reaction. She was going to have to call upon her friends to defeat the mena-

"To ask Spike to come with me." Celestia said.

The two were dumbstruck, exchanging looks of surprise with one another.

"M- me?" Spike said to Celestia, pointing his sharp finger at himself. "Wait, you want me to fight Sombra?"

"You won’t be alone,” Celestia assured. “That's where Twilight comes in."

"What!?" Twilight exclaimed.

"I need you to send letters to everyone in Equestria asking them all to aid the war effort if they can. Can I count on you to complete this test?"

"Yes of course, I'll send them right away."

Using her magic, Twilight gathered as much paper in the library to her work table where she began writing down:

"Attention all Equestrians. King Sombra has returned and Princess Celestia needs your help to fight and defeat Sombra..."

And ended with:

"The nearest recruiting station is the royal armory in Canterlot Castle."

All on a blank piece of paper. She then used her magic to copy those exact words on to the other pages of paper and teleported them across every corners of Equestria.

"There, the letters have been sent to all citizens." Twilight said.

"Thank you," Celestia turned to Spike, "Now, we must get you outfitted in some proper armor."

"Wait, is my brother fighting too?" Twilight asked.

"Yes he is, but don't worry," she said calmly, "he won’t be fighting on the battlefield. He will be the one who will train Spike and any other recruits who will join the war."

Twilight sighed in relief. "Okay, thank you, Princess."

"Celestia, before we leave, "Spike said, "can I say goodbye to everyone first?"

"Of course. But please, the fate of Equestria is in dire need. I hope to see you two and your friends soon."

And with that, Spike nodded and rushed past Celestia to say goodbye to all his friends back in Ponyville.