Equestria 2150

“So we need another way to get rid of Razgriz now.”

“Of course. But what other ways are there?”

“There’s always the moon.”

“That would require the Elements, and I think Twilight has been in contact with him. She thinks she’s so sneaky, but I know all ways of magic communication. Regardless, I have surmised that she likes him.”

“How can a mare like that love a colt like him?”

“Love is a very strong word at this stage. Maybe more like a crush.”

“Regardless-”

“Well, I really have no idea. But maybe we could use that to spark something inside them both.”

“How so?”

“You’ll see. I will start preparations for it. In the meantime, keep Razgriz away from the front for as long as you can.”

“Anything else I can do for the time being?”

“Take care of yourself. Maybe once things heat up a little more, you can go AWAL for a few days and we’ll meet up. You know I still care for you, right?”

“Yes.”

“Good. Then I will talk to you next time.”

-

Razgriz flew over to Luna’s main command tent, where she was mulling over counter attack plans for Appleloosa. Razgriz came in and did his best to land for a salute to her, which she ignored.

“Luna, we have a problem.”

“Yes, General, we do. You aren’t healing in bed, that’s the problem.”

“No, ma’am. I mean we may have a traitor in the ranks.”

The whole room went silent. The few commanders looked at the general in confusion.

“Razgriz. You better have good reason for this.” Luna said, barely holding back her anger.

“Our column was ambushed, ma’am, as you may know. There were only so many ponies that could have known where we were. Even you didn’t know where we were, all you knew was what time the attack was planned for!”

“And?”

Razgriz was taken aback. “And, this could only mean that somepony reported where the column was when we were ambushed!”

Luna did not respond. She looked back down to planning the next assault.

“Are you listening to me, ma’am? We have a legitimate threat to our missions in the future, and you’re just snuffing it off?”

“I am not! I am planning a counter attack on Appleloosa! Why are you so concerned about this?”

“Because seventy-six ponies died from the command tank of the Solar Army! Died!”

“Yes, I’m aware, General. This is war, and if you can’t accept the loss of a few troops, then you might as well leave the army sector and go back to the production plants on the moon.”

Razgriz stood in shock as Luna continued to plan the next phase of the attacks. The colt slowly flew off, trying to clear his thoughts of this interaction.

Was it possible that Luna knew of the traitor? No, no that couldn’t be true. She wanted a new reform and wouldn’t let anything stop her.

Flying off to the portal to the moon, Razgriz warped back to his old home. It took a while for the change of scenery to set in, but it felt nice for Razgriz to be back on the moon. Ponies welcomed him back like a hero, and he smiled. But under the smile was a hidden goal. He had to find out what really happened one thousand years ago, to sort through the truth and lies.

Razgriz had access to every piece of literature in the Lunar Army. This helped his search for what was going on. At this point, he was going off of a bit of info given by Twilight- who was on the other side of the fence, raised by Celestia, and had caught the general’s eye. All of this lead the alicorn to think that this was just a hunch, but he had to be sure.

The librarian of the Lunar Army Archives led Razgriz to the restricted section. The unicorn opened the gate with his magic, and let Razgriz inside. Just before the librarian closed the gate back up, a voice called out to wait. It was Jelly Bean. He argued with the librarian to let him in, but wasn’t able to join Razgriz until the alicorn colt himself told the librarian it was permitted.

“Thanks. Razgriz.” Jelly Bean said, to which Razgriz also nodded.

“I hope you have a good reason to come to be here.”

“I do. Luna told me to watch over you, make sure that you don’t hurt your leg.”

Razgriz hesitated, but let Jelly Bean accompany him.

“So what are you looking for?” The enthusiastic pony pressed him.

“Stuff.”

“Um, okay.”

Jelly Bean stood in silence at the side of his friend as he muttered to himself, looking for something.

“Is there any way I can help you out, Razgriz?”

“Nope. I’m an old-timer, I think I got it.”

“Alright, then.”

Jelly Bean sighed as he sat down, sorting through some old books. He lazily flipped through them as Razgriz continued his search. There were books on old spells, creatures that no longer existed, and tales that had been forgotten by the average pony. The general needed the archives of the documents that were written back in the time of Luna’s rise.

-

After several hours of searching, Razgriz gave up. He had turned this section of the library into a flurry of books, pages and unfurled scrolls. Every book was out of place, and none of them held the key to the answer to Razgriz’s questions. It was as if there was something that Luna wanted to hide from even her closest ponies.

Maybe Twilight was right after all. But this could also mean that Twilight was trying to send him into a panic, trying to find something that was not there. Maybe she’d planned this little chase for Razgriz.

“So, I guess you didn’t find what you wanted?” Jelly bean asked, breaking the silence.

“You know what? Yeah, I didn’t. Can you help clean up?”

“Sure.”

Razgriz used his magic and was able to get most of the books to where they needed to be. Jelly Bean helped put what was left in the proper place.

“What about all the paper?” Jelly Bean asked, to which Razgriz then did one last thing, using magic to cause a flux in air flow, and channelled it to sweep all the pages into one pile. Razgriz smiled at the face Jelly Bean had, but saw that his friend was looking behind him. He turned to see that what looked like a hidden room had been opened up in a wall, by the flow of wind that Razgriz summoned.

In this room was a single table, with books leaning against each other in a row. The desk looked like a basic working type, with one thing odd about it. As Razgriz walked toward it, his heart started to sink. He felt thoughts of despair, and something that seemed like grief.

Razgriz blinked once and he was taken away from the room and into a battlefield. He had no control of his body, or any idea of what was going on, as if he was paralyzed and hallucinating. He looked around with huge eyes, wide with fear, and saw somepony he recognized.

It was Twilight, and she was getting shot at. Several troops and tanks were chasing her, firing at the purple mare like a deer running for its life. Ragriz tried to call out to her, but nothing came out of his closed throat. Not one sound emerge. All he could do was watch.

Twilight turned to try and fight, but cried out in pain as she was hit with a bullet. She hit the ground hard, and the troops stopped advancing, and turned around. The mare was still moving.

Razgriz, with all his might was able to move one hoof forward, and let it sink down to the ground. He then was able to force all of his limbs to start working, and ran toward Twilight. He skidded to a halt beside her, resting her head in his hooves. Her mane and tail were singed away, her eyes faded.

“R-Razgriz…” she mumbled in the faintest whisper.

“Twilight, I’m here.”

The colt was unsure how to react. What he was feeling was love, he knew that. Although he had never felt it at any point in his life, even during bucking season, he knew that this was it. What he had been looking his whole life for. It wasn’t revenge on Celestia, or to fight for his life every day. No, it was this beautiful, smart mare resting in his hooves, and she was dying. She reached up and gave the general’s shoulder a weak shake.

“Razgriz.” She said more clearly.

“Yeah?”

“Razgriz!” she yelled it this time, like she didn’t know Razgriz was there. She shook his shoulder even harder this time, calling the colt’s name several times while doing so.

“Twilight, I’m here for you!” Razgriz yelled, but she didn’t respond any differently. She just kept yelling out his name, not taking any sort of understanding of the fact that Razgriz was holding her. She slowly closed her eyes, and stopped speaking, The defeated alicorn started to cry, letting the tears stream down his face without even bothering to wipe them away.