Everyone says that when you are close to death you look death straight in the eyes, me, I embrace death. After losing my family during the war and losing a wing to Sombra, I don't really care what happens to me at this point as long as people remember me for what I did. First I should bring you back to before the war even happened. I used to live a peaceful life with my family and friends. I used to fly around and race Rainbow Dash until we got tired, I even studied a little with Princess Twilight Sparkle. We used to laugh and have a great time together until we got news that the Crystal Empire had fallen to the tyrant known as King Sombra. Now as soon as I heard this info I ran to my house and grabbed my armor and sword to be ready. I could here my mother crying behind me asking if I really needed to go rushing into another battle. I turned and hugged her to let her know that everything would be o.k. Not a lot of people know me to well but when I was a kid I had always wanted to be a part of the Royal Guard and when I turned 17 I finally joined them. I defended Celestia from whatever came to attack her even though unlike the other guards, I was a pegasus so I could defend her from ariel attacks. I flew off to Canterlot to see if the princess was alright, but I fear I was to late because upon arrival I had found many guards lying on the ground dead and who was in the center of all the bodies, none other than Flash Sentry himself. Stab wounds everywhere to be found on his body, and his head cut off and placed on a mantle. I gasped in horror at the sight. You know its funny because I had always said that he would die by my hands but he got what came to him. I hurried on past the bodies towards a hurt Celestia only to find King Sombra himself laughing. I took a swing of my sword at him and he just dissapeared into thin air. All I could hear was the sound of his laughter echoing down the halls as I screamed his name. I turned around to see Celestia very hurt lying on the floor with wounds around her.
"Go James, you need to stop Sombra he... he is after Twilight next." she replied with the last of her breath as she fell to the floor with a thud. I quickly checked her pulse to make sure she was alive. I could still feel the heartbeat but barely, so I quickly rushed off to her order to save Twilight from this tyrant. As soon as I reached Twilight's castle I burst through the doors as hard as I could to find her unharmed and safe in her room.
"James, what is it. What's the problem. Is that blood on your hooves are you ok?" she replied panicking.
"Yes I am fine, are you ok. Are you hurt in any way." he said as he grabbed her hooves.
"I... I'm fine why?" she asked with a confused look.
A scream could be heard off in the distance and all I could think of was my family. Mom was home alone. I quickly rushed as fast as I could to my house only to find Sombra with his sword to my mothers neck. I flew at him but he was faster than I was. The next thing I knew I was floating in the air constrained by his magic and I could hear his evil voice speak out.
"Which should I kill first? The guard who thinks he could protect everyone or the defenseless woman in front of me." he just looked over at me and smiled as he threw me aside with his magic and stabbed my mother.I screamed as loud as I could in anger as I rushed back towards him. He just laughed at me and rose his sword to have a good fight. I raised my sword in battle and took a few mighty swings at him until he finally blasted me back with magic and sliced at my wing to instantly bring me down. I crashed with a screaming pain at my side. I looked over to see I was now missing a wing. I tried to get up but the pain was just to much. I could feel my last moments of life fading before my eyes as I fainted from pain. I felt it was finally over and my life was about to end, but I then heard some noises coming from somewhere. The very last thing I could hear before I fully passed out was by an unfamiliar voice.
"Quickly get him to the infirmary, we need him alive. Don't worry James, you will make it."
I felt like crap as I started to wake up. I could see my mother off in the distance calling me forward towards the house window. I looked around at where I was at and it felt like home. I rushed towards my mom to hug her but as soon as I got closer it felt as if everything got further away from me. The next thing I saw was our house catch on fire and my mom get stabbed by Sombra. I tried to run towards her to stop it from happening to her again but I felt like all I could do is watch. I tried to scream out her name but nothing came out. Everything just went dark afterwards and all I could see was nothing. I felt alone. That was, until I heard a voice. It was my mother's voice. All I could keep hearing was her saying the same thing.
"It is not your time to die yet. Believe in yourself and you will make it through"
I then woke up from that nightmare.
