Back In Time

[centerPreRead by Subtle Rampage

Cirrus

Fragments of memory, dreams, wishes and flashbacks assaulted my mind as soon as I picked up the the element of loyalty. There were too many words, sights, smells, visions to make sense of as my vision fractured into dozens of squares on a background of a draconequus, Discord. I felt a rush of sudden hatred for him . . . it was like i’d met him personally instead of just being forced to take a test on him in history class.

‘’Hey, you okay?’’ Asked Fablehoof, her voice bringing back a fuzzy version of reality.

‘’Fine, let’s go get our guns. Where are they again?’’

Ampere looked at me. ‘’We were just saying that two seconds ago, can’t you pay attention.’’

I glared at her. ‘’Of course!’’

‘’Prove it.’’ I snarled at her and followed Sureshot out the door. What was that? Rainbow Dash’s memories? I looked down at the necklace I had apparently put on despite having no memories of doing so. No, that was wrong i’d had it on twice before . . . defeating Discord and Nightmare Moon. My eyes widened. Is she trying to possess me?!  My name is Cirrus. I am from The Lunar Republic.

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It was easy enough to find our guns, dumped in what looked like a pile of stuff taken from prisoners. I smiled when I touched mine with my wing. Sure, the Elements Of Harmony were more powerful, but they worked on the power of Friendship. Eeesh. There were somethings that were just too babyish. Still, I knew the things were powerful, so I followed Diamond out of the room.

‘’So, how exactly are we going to do this?’’ said Diamond in the way someone would say, So, how do we convince a rich unicorn to screw a hippo? (Yes, I have heard that, I dared my cousin to try).

‘’We knock out the guards with sniper fire, storm in, activate the elements and blow her to hell?’’ Suggested Nygumi.

‘’No. Killing the her guards will alert her. They will likely be so brainwashed they die in the blast anyway.’’

This is a suicide mission, I realized, even if we succed,  . . .Luna. **No, our Luna will save us. I will NOT die today.

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‘’We’re here, ‘’ announced Ampere, ‘’Let’s go kill an alicorn. Activate your elements girls, ‘’ she said with a wry smirk. I reached out to my element and felt a sudden urge NOT to use the Elements of Harmony on Celestia, to obey every command she gives. To be loyal, to be loyalty. I am not Rainbow Dash, I am a bearer but I will keep my free will you stupid piece of extremely lethal junk.

I ran in the room, shouting ‘’FOLLOW ME GUYS!!’’ The throne room was lavish, the windows stained glass mosaics of Celestia's various victories. In the center was Celestia herself, on a throne with a pair of guards next to her. Nygumi stepped in front of me. ‘’Focus on the power, ‘’ she muttered probably to herself.

I felt the archaic power welling up inside me as I shut my eyes, and when I opened them I could tell that they would simply be glowing light. Celestia had a spell on her horn, but the strange way my vision was now, as far as I could tell the more magic something had, the brighter it glowed, told me that our spell would hit first. A blinding white rainbow  of Colors that I could see, yet not see at the same time rose over our heads.

When it hit Celestia I saw it from two different points of view. One was through my eyes and the other above her. The moment both POVs saw it hit her, maybe before a shock wave rippled across the room, and like someone flipping a switch darkness filled my vision.

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‘’Ungh . . . my head, ow,ow that fuckin’ hurts, ow!’’ Somebody I think Nygumi, said.

‘’Mmmmgh  . . .’’ Why is my bed so cold and hard?’’ Oh right, it’s not a bed. I’m on the floor.  Why am I on the floor and not on a cloud? Wait, cloud, I don’t sleep on clouds, damn it I had another Rainbow Dash moment.

Then the events of the past few days rushed into my mind in a multi-colored swirl. I jumped up, surveying the room around me. There was a huge alicorn-shaped scorch mark on the floor, the (obviously dead) bodies of the guards and no sign of the alicorn herself.

‘’Yes! Yes, yes yes! WE DID IT!’’ I said in shock and happiness. I don’t care what the world is like backhome, IT’L BE WORTH iT! Well maybe not if we have to stay in this time  . . .but  still. I looked around at the others who were wearing the same expression as me on their faces: holy shit this is AWESOME!

‘’I can’t believe we did it, ‘’ said Fablehoof, ‘’alicorns are supposed to be immortal.’’

‘’Well, apparently they haven’t met the Elements of Harmony!’’ Said Nygumi.

‘’I’m afraid you are mistaken, my little ponies.’’ The creature that said this seemed to made of pure, shifting, flame, it's voice was cold and deadly.

‘’HEY CELERY! I wasn’t afraid of you and i’m DEFIDENTLY not afraid of your ghost! Just go to hell already, pyschobitch!’’ I shouted at it.

‘’I am no GHOST!’’ A a wave of power slammed through the room, as soon as it toched me I screamed in pain, wings flaring outward. I fell against the floor, my mouth felt charred, that bitch ELECTROCUTED ME!

I forced myself to stand. ‘’I’m NOT your little pony. ‘’

She tilted her head, as if appraising me. ‘’I’m surprised you’re still alive, let alone standing.

‘’Yeah well i’m special like that.’’

‘’You’re brave . . . and this existence is so BORING! They’ll forgive me if I have a little fun, don't they. Won’t you Blitzy?’’ She closed her eyes, as if listening and I suddenly remembered what year Equestria collapsed: 1004. Great, I’m the only conscious pony in a room with an insane alicorn.

She gave me a strange look. ‘’Unconscious?  Oh, no, no, no my little pony: they're dead. They needed to die. It was for the greater good. ‘’

‘’But YOU don’t need to die, Blitzy and Corona say it’s alright if I have a little fun with you,’’ she loomed over me halfway fire and halfway not.

‘’Go. To. Hell. ‘’ I spat.

Her eyes widened. ‘’Cirrie! Bad girl! That’s not how you talk to somepony whose offering you the chance to complete your mission AND save the lives of your friends.’’ I looked over at the steaming bodies behind me.

‘’Their’s gotta be a catch-’’ Celestia’s horn was glowing. No, wait, what is she-

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-Doing? Huh where am I? I took a deep breath, I felt incredibly sore, but not like I was dying of internal bleeding (a common occurrence if a pony is magically electrocuted).  So where am I? It was dark, and felt soft . . . like a bed, but this wasn’t my bed, I had a hammock. So where was I?

I can’t really say I was surprised when I heard the voice of Twilight Sparkle: ‘’What are you doing on my bed, exactly?’’

Colors blurred, and I heard Celestia’s voice, ‘’No not quite right, Whitetail wood maybe? Or even Everfree? She was trained.’’  My body hit the ground with a *thump*.

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TO BE SEQUELED