Cutie Mark Cru-Saviours

We climbed into the carriage once again, happy to be accompanied by the Royal Guard. The sun was high in the sky, and giving off a light temperature. At that moment I wondered whether Luna was controlling both day and night. If she was, it was nice of her to make it sunny for us.

"So, 're y'all ready?" Apple Bloom asked.

"Yeah," we replied.

"Ah was thinkin' that we needed ta get our plan ready, cause we ain't nothin' without a plan,"  Apple Bloom began, " there ain't no point 'n distractions this time, so we all gotta attack. Ah think we should separate, making it harder for 'em t' catch all of us. Anyone disagree?"

"I do," I stated, "Apple Bloom, why are we doing this? For our cutie marks? For fame? Is it really worth dying for those? I mean, Luna even said herself: Celestia and ALL of her guards have gone missing, not a trace left. What if they are who we are facing. Can three--"

"--four," interrupted Babs.

"Sorry, four fillies that don't even have cutie marks... And one Pegasus really take down the entirety of Celestia and all of her Royal Guards, not to mention the fact the elements have gone, they could be on her side too! Except Rainbow Dash, she's good. I think not, we could barely defeat a pack of diamond dogs, just by running and one of them farting! And anyway, surely Luna and her Guard would be an even match, why send us?"

"Listen Scoots, I know you're worried, and you have good reason. But don't be. After all, who defeated a large manticore?" Sweetie said.

"We did," I muttered.

"And are so rebel, let out the evil king of chaos: Discord?" She added.

"That was an accid--" I began.

"We did!" She interrupted, "and who is strong enough to be able to sing a really bad song in front of the whole of Ponyville and not cry after?"

"But we did cry!" I argued,

"So we did!" Sweetie laughed, "Well, who has to put up with annoying bullies everyday?"

"We do!" I shouted, she was right, we had done so many things.

"And who became Princesses after switching our friends' cutie marks around?"

"Uhh, Sweetie that wasn't us..." I groaned.

"I mean," she quickly said, after realising her mistake, "WHO IS GONNA DEFEAT AN EVIL ARMY OF ROYAL GUARDS AND THE PRINCESS?"

"WE ARE!" All four of us shouted in unison.

Suddenly there was a crash as another carriage bumped into us. It was golden and had two guards pulling it. Two of Celestia's guards. The pony inside the carriage was wearing a cloak over itself so nopony could identify it. The Pegasi driving our carriage began to descend.

"When we land, get out, it's safer," one said.

"You hide whilst we deal with this enemy," the other added.

The descent wasn't very fun. The whole time we were being smashed into or knocked out of balance. Sweetie, Babs, Apple Bloom and I had to hold onto the sides of the carriage for our dear lives, if we let go we would be knocked out of it and meet our deaths. The Pegasi landed with a thump and we quickly hid behind a bush.

The other two Pegasi- the day guards- landed, the pony they were carrying hopped out.

"Don't move a step closer, or we will have to attack in the name of Luna!" Ordered one of the Pegasi who drove us, he was green and his partner was blue. The other pony's Pegasi were both white and began chuckling. The pony obscured by the cloth suddenly whipped wthe cloth off, revealing itself to be Princess Celestia. Celestia walked up to Luna's guards, who stood there, frozen in peril. She sent a magic beam at one, causing it to lose its wings and grow a horn. The newly transformed Unicorn began to panic, he told the green Pegasus to attack. The Pegasus flew into the sky, only to be tackled by both of Celestia's guards. They began punching and kicking till their hooves were red with blood. Both of Luna's guards knew it was over. They accepted their fate and stood before the princess. Celestia, instead of killing them let off a bright red light that shone into the guards' eyes. The guards stood there, and then Celestia took her orders.

"My new Guards, and my old Guards, find the ones they call, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and bring them to me!"

The guards began searching through nearby bushes. We looked at Apple Bloom.

"Well, girls, this is where we meet our end, but we ain't goin' down without a fight, so we're gonna split up and if one o' us is in danger, someone ought t' go an' help 'em, got it?" She sighed.

We nodded and began running in different directions. I stayed hidden for a while, before running at Celestia from behind. I charged as fast as I could go, then, just before I hit, the green Pegasus landed in front of me. I slowed to a stop, and started to back away. My backside bumped into something. I turned and saw one of the white Pegasi. He threw a punch, but I jumped and it hit the green Pegasus. I began floating, I thought Celestia had me, but then I realised that I was surrounded by a green aura. Both guards kept throwing weapons but they missed, because whoever was levitating me made sure none of the attacks met their target. I only knew one person who had a green aura. I looked and saw Sweetie, she beamed. Suddenly she screamed and I dropped to the floor, two guards had grabbed her, and she was going to be caught. I ran towards her, but suddenly Celestia grabbed me with her magic. She threw me against a tree, and the world began to turn dark. The other Crusaders had already been caught. The last thing I saw was the Princess leaning over me and laughing to herself.