The land rolls by as the train continues forward. Cargo with cargo and guards posted everywhere. We past Dodge City without any hassle so they must have moved on.

"Starlesa you should calm down." Tulip said, a bit worried.

"Not now, those things don't just wander off like that." I replied. I continued looking out the window and expecting some sort of attack. I know we aren't in the clear at all, after what happened there. Another few hours and we should be in Canterlot. This is dangerous territory we are currently crossing and should be weary. I look around the carriage we are in, it's reinforced window and siding along with supplies under seats and even more inside the caboose makes this train quite a worthy target for supplies. The open fields next to the distant town is giving me no ease at all. Seeing that once full of monsters town being completely empty just has an eerie feel to it. I just have this gut feeling that something bad will happen.

The train began to shook as we continued forward. It doesn't help with the hoofsteps on top of the carriage. The guards started shouting orders and got into defensive positions.

"Ready up everypony, expect a fight." one of the guards said. I got my rifle set while Clover readied his SMG and Bella cocked her Assault Rifle.

"I'm taking the fight to them, you two do the best you can keeping them off." I said before jumping out and flying towards the top of the train. The speed was quicker then my normal pace, thankfully I was close already so I easily got atop. The wind flowing through my mane and the bandits in front with explosives to blow the train of tracks. I aimed down the sights of my rifle and shot the 3 of them. I looked around at the nearby Cliffside and saw where the bandits were jumping from. Some started to shoot at me. These aren't just casuals, these are highly trained with better equipment than normal. The bullets grazed me as I try to aim, but no luck. I armed my hoof bow and took shots at them that way, only hitting few of them. Luckily the distance between the rest went away as we sped off. The bandits that jumped on were handled by the guards at the back on the train.

But just like that, in a flash, the two guards heads fell clean off their heads. Shortly after I felt a gash across my side. Holding it, I looked around and saw a Pegasus with bladed wings. I dodges out of the way of the next attack and took aim. The speed of the train and the Pegasus made it hard to even get a proper shot off. I took aim with my rifle once again and shot towards the Pegasus. Injuring her, she landed on the train. Seeing the skull on her armor told me she is of high ranking. She grinned towards me and dashed in my direction. I tried to take aim but she knocked the rifle out of my hoofs and off the train. Now in hoof to hoof combat, I'm seeing a great disadvantage here. She extended her hoof and out came a blade. Now at an extreme disadvantage, I would need another plan. She treaded closer by the second and I decided then, what to do. Jumping off the front of the train, I opened my wings and grabbed the side of it. Holding on I see the Pegasus chase after me, with her glaring blades out. I let go and went towards the caboose, grabbing onto the door, I opened and went through. Quickly I closed the door.

Blades tore through the reinforced door as she was stabbing for anyone inside, but that's the moment of silence I heard everything going downhill. The shouting in the carriage went dark, and so did my vision as everything around me flew around the closed off cart.

I woke up on my old bed, full of sweat. Just then my father walked through the door to my room.

"What has gotten into you?" He asked.

"I was just on a train and also I..." I stopped. This is one of those clichés dream after being knocked out. That means I'm still in danger. But that doesn't help the fact of the reality before me shifting.

I woke up to a wreckage of the place, burning wood and metal everywhere. I staggered along the debris and try to find my footing. This isn't the greatest of situations to be in, even without that flying blender. I looked through the flames and ash seeing nothing else but reflections of my past. The heat of the flames set across my body as I looked out towards the open fields, nothing but grass. I looked towards Canterlot and saw the city, and we were sooo close to it. Know this is how it ends, is just sad. I finally met the mare of my life and made wonderful friends, but this was a good life lived short. I need to get better, to protect everyone, even her. The blood started to rush now as tears fell down my cheeks. This was the end, I couldn't protect anyone, even myself. I'm scraped and full of cuts. The end of the line is here, and it ends with regrets of not being good enough to finish this life to the fullest. Now I understood why father was so scared of this place, these bandits seemed just everyday ponies with no knowledge in combat, but really they are just a bunch of savages, tearing the place up. I don't stand a chance against them at all, neither does Appleloosa, or Ponyville, I don't think even Canterlot could either. Ruby is one mean bastard, and he knows the next card before he even draws. As my vision dims, I see the last look of ash and fell to the ground, beaten by the horrors of Equestria.

Author's Note

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