Game of Ponies Book: 1 (Winter is coming)
Snowfall. An eternal whiteness that covers the land. It can only mean one thing. "Winter is coming." Rainbow said to herself. Trotting through the intense snow that hinders her ability to walk. So she tries flying but the sub zero weather is to dangerous. She can feel a frost bite coming along. It was her choice to wander out here in the first place. "Is it worth it?" She thought to herself. Is it worth trying to get back to the wall. Also known as Castle Black. A huge and ancient building project built to defend from invaders to the East. A small village lies on their side of the wall. Occupied by peasants and other innocent people in hopes that the nights watch will come to their safety. And the other side is a plain abyss. An infinite land of snow and that's it. But a popular attacking angle hence why the wall was built. So surly it is not hard to miss. If it wasn't for the blizzard that struck. You would expect Rainbow to be immune to cold weather by now. Since her life is devoted to the night's watch which you will find has always dealt with harsh conditions. But when winter strikes, temperatures drop to -50 degrees Celsius. Intense hail capable of knocking someone out. And an army of white trotters attack the weathering wall. A nightmare to sum it up. "The gods will take me home." Rainbow thought to herself. She was a real Dash. Followed the basic ethics of family life and used honorable tactics in war. It is for the most part traditional Dash fashion. They often have better warriors and better luck in combat. "House dash," rainbow said to herself. "lead me the way."
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And so, she continued on through the breezy night on her quest to find castle black. Luckily, she came prepared. With her is some previously hunted food. As her hoofs began to give in, she sat down next to one of the many trees in the forest, and has a bite to eat. She sits down gracefully whilst she takes some wolf meat out of her side pouch. Rainbow bites into the juicy meat completely forgetting where she is. Rainbow hadn't eaten in god knows how long. Those first few bites were unlike any other. In fact, she dropped her sword and pouch just to bet bigger bites. But Rainbow was now vulnerable. Whilst in a trans, a mysterious figure wielding a bow circles Rainbow outside her field of view due to the blizzard. It stops and before you know it Rainbow is forced out of her trans by the alerting sound of an arrow striking the tree she sits on. "Shit!" Rainbow exclaimed as she took off. Without knowing what direction she's going in, she runs like her wings were on steroids! Whilst running into the abysmal abyss, arrows are whistling by her. Small bits of snow flinging into the air. The mysterious figure is seen at the corner of Rainbows eyes just phasing in and out of her cone of vision as she starts panting in exhaustion. Eventually she had to stop or she would collapse. Rainbow broke out her sword she named Equestria's sorrow. "Show yourself peasant!" She said struggling to bounce words of her vocal cords. And then before you know it, "ARRGHH!" rainbow screeched as an arrow pierced her skin and crippled her right hind leg. The wound cut off her muscles responses in that leg. She didn't necessarily bleed though. Rainbow took this as a sign of her having the upper hand. Rainbow was still seeing the figure appear and disappear from sight. Knowing she was vulnerable in a static position, she took off again but without her right hind leg. But she notices that the arrows have stopped bombarding her. "Come on then! Finish me ya specy twat!" as said with charisma by the Dash. When her eyes lock on to the figure once more, she doesn't look away tracing its every move as it circles rainbow. Rainbow realizes why the arrows stopped. It had run out of arrows. And now that she inspects the pony like figure she realizes the sword it wields in one hoof. And it was that moment the figure stops its frantic movement. It stops and appears to just stare at Rainbow. Rainbow took the sword out of her pouch and then ripped the arrow out of her hind leg and snaps it as a threat to the figure still mindlessly staring at Rainbow. She points her sword at the figure. "Come fight me now and I won't have to kill you later!" And then before you know it, the figure starts charging at Rainbow with force. As the figure gets closer to Rainbow she attempts to contract her knees to lunge at the incoming figure that eventually became identifiable as a pony. It was hooded so no specifics could be sorted. As she charged at Rainbow she eventually got into range, both pony's threatening each other with their swords. When the hooded pony was in range she jumped at Rainbow as she lunged of her hind leg(s). Both pony's swung their swords in perpendicular fashion resulting in a midair clash. The swords collided throwing sparks everywhere. The hooded figure swings it sword and Rainbow ducked under it. Rainbow attempts jabbing the other pony but it swoops from side to side. They both flail their swords at each other missing each time. Whilst Rainbow is off guard the now identified figure swings vertically at Rainbow. As Rainbow blocked the attack by putting her sword in a horizontal position counteracting the vertical swing, they both ended up in a push fight with their swords locked in their crossed position. It was apparent the unidentified mare had more sheer force so Rainbow struggled to push the sword back. Both mares are struggling, both their swords applying force on each other with one vertical and one horizontal. In one big gasp of air Rainbow breaks the lock by pushing the sword off to the side. With the other mares arm now exposed, Rainbow takes the shot. She nails it. The Equestrian sorrow slices through her flesh like chocolate and it snaps the bone like a stick. The hooded mare was now an arm short of Rainbow. Blood pours out like a British man pours wine. And since pony's rely on all 4 legs to walk, the hooded mare is now in a stationary position trying to balance and forced to wield her weapon with her not so good hoof. Rainbow now with the advantage swings again with force and in an attempt to block the attack with her weak hand the mare fails and loses her grip of the sword until it is dropped. Now the figure is unarmed, unable to move and only has 3 legs to rely on. Instead of finishing the target strait off the bat, Rainbow throws a punch at the mare with the hoof not wielding the sword. It was hard and probably gave the hopeless mare brain damage. The hooded mare now lies on the floor, struggling to hold onto her last bits of her consciousness right in front of Rainbows eyes. "Yield!" Rainbow got no reply. "I SAID YIELD!" Yet again, no answer. Instead, the near disabled pony took a knife out of her pocket and tried to throw it at Rainbows throat. What really happened was that Rainbow caught it midair and said "A Dash doesn't accept dirty tactics." And then Rainbow brought herself to her knees to closer inspect the dying mare. Then with the knife she caught mid flight, proceeded to stab the mare in the lungs. And that she did, cutting off her Diaphragm. As the hooded pony died slowly due to oxygen not being received via the wound, Rainbow asks for one simple request. "Who are you?" Rainbow said briefly. And yet again she got no reply. "I guess I'll have to find out myself. Rainbow removed the hood only to find a picture of a scarab on the face. "You're a Ramson" The Ramson's are a group of rebels assembled because they disagreed with the social hierarchy and demanded equality. They also attacked the wall 100 years before hoof and plan to do so again. Of course part of that requires killing Rainbow which was the original intent. "Fuck you." Rainbow said. And moments later, the lack of oxygen killed the mare. It was at that time Rainbow knew it was time to get out of this forest and back to the wall. It's not safe out here especially in this blizzard. Rainbow traces her steps and finds her way back. She is greeted with this phrase. "Winter is coming..."
