Rainbow Heart

Solar Salute walked into the house being used as Rainbow Heart’s command center. In the room were the others of his inner circle. Rainbow Heart was looking at a chess board trying to become inspired to some real life conclusion. He was apparently attempting to take every possible course of action into consideration and then make the best move based after what he thought Twilight would do. Twilight was apparently not taking the release of the zombies as well as they had hoped that she would. By now the stench of death had filled all of Ponyville.

It was now morning. Tonight was Nightmare Night. Solar had ease dropped on a conversation of two ponies while heading to Rainbow Heart’s secret lair that Twilight had cancelled Nightmare Night in Ponyville until the zombie ponies had been dealt with. Rainbow Heart’s hidden base was actually just the home of a pony named Open House who had agreed to let them set up their headquarters there. She was a zombie supporter, even though none of the zombies were family members or direct friends of hers. For now it would suffice. They weren’t attempting to conquer Equestria, just coexist with every other pony. So secrecy wasn’t entirely necessary. It didn’t really matter if Twilight had spies eyeballing the place. They had nothing to hide.

Solar Salute had spent the night with his long lost love Flower Garden. They snuggled in bed, rubbing each other, embracing each other, kissing each other, and starred into each other’s eyes when she wasn’t clutching him tightly with her head on his chest.

Solar had first met Flower Garden years ago, about two years into his career of service to the Solar Royal Guard. He had met her on an assignment near Ponyville. He had never second guessed his decision to fall in love with her. He just let it happen.

He also remembered when he was a colt, he was watching a parade in Canterlot. That’s when he first saw Princess Celestia with his own eyes. But more importantly, he was inspired by the ponies with the golden shiny armor. They marched with pride and fearlessness, willing to die to protect the innocent and the royalty. With a stern look on his young colt’s face he saluted them as they walked in sync past him. It was then fate had forged his destiny with a flash on his rump. His Cutie Mark appeared. It was crossed golden hoof gauntlets. A sign of his destiny to serve the ponies of Equestria with discipline. Solar knew that he might have died saving Equestria, but he’d been more than willing to do so to protect ponies. And so it happened and he did die.

Solar looked around the room at Rainbow Heart’s makeshift inner circle. There was himself, Solar Salute who was a masculine orange male earth pony with a blue mane and tail. His cutie mark was two golden hoof gauntlets forming an X and he had blue eyes. Then there was Bubblegum. She was a pink female pegasus with a purple mane and tail. Her cutie mark was a round clear bubble like a bubble gum that had been blown into a bubble. She was always chewing gum and could do miraculous things with it. She had purple eyes. Who could forget Pizza Party? He was a tan, borderline light brown like pizza crust male unicorn with red tail and a yellow mane. His cutie mark was a round pizza. He had red eyes. A lesser known pony, but just as crucial was Arcadia. Arcadia was a black male unicorn with blue mane and tail. His cutie mark was a planet with four moons circling it at four corners. He had blue eyes. Next to Arcadia was a good friend of Arcadia’s, her name was Cirrus. She was a gray female pegasus with yellow mane and tail with light blue lines throughout her body. Her cutie mark was a constellation in white. Her eyes were yellow. Lastly, was our leader and our savior, Rainbow Heart. He was a black unicorn with white snout and hoofs with rainbow colored mane and tail. His cutie mark was a rainbow colored heart and he had orange eyes. Oddly, he had two unicorn horns. The horn in its usual spot was black like his body and was clearly his. The other horn, slightly longer and above his black horn was rainbow in color and clearly was not a horn he was born with. Rainbow Heart was their savior. He had given them a second chance at life. He gave them the opportunity to be with their family, friends, and loved ones again. He would defend him no matter what.

Rainbow Heart stated, “Besides raising the deceased ponies at the Stones of Tears, I will resurrect all the dead ponies of Equestria. I’ve got it! In my quest to save all the dead ponies from their prisons, Canterlot will be next. By raising the dead there, it will resurrect royalty and rich upper class ponies. No doubt they will be more than likely to support and fund our cause.”

Solar Salute asked, “Are you sure that’s a good idea with Princess Celestia and Princess Luna? We hoped that Princess Twilight would be more susceptible and willing to reason.”

“If we don’t go to them, the sisters will come to us. We have no choice. The wealthy ponies are our only hope to get the financial aid we need. We may have to fight our way to freedom if it comes to that. We march on Canterlot tonight.”

I left the house. I had things I needed to do.