Corruption of Equestria

“We-” Twilight shuddered, clenching her thighs together as a pleasant shudder made juices leak from her winking marehood. A lapse in concentration, but one she powered through immediately without question. “-will go as one united attack force through the front.”

The announcement was met with many murmurs of approval, albeit also with some of worry for their loved ones. Especially seeing how Filthy Rich stepped forward.

“We might not be able to save everypony like this. We should split the group up,” he said, voicing his concern with a disgruntled gaze.

“I know that this is a risk of such a strategy, but our forces are limited. In case we get overwhelmed, nopony would be saved. Not even your daughter,” Twilight pointed out, before an idea came to her. “She is right by the gates from what I saw and is getting violated as we speak, so it would prove fruitful that we strike now, while we are still undetected. We have the element of surprise. It might risk that they escape, but we could ensure that we save either everypony or a big part of them.”

The mention of his daughter being so close made him halt. Filthy knew that with her location they would definitely save her. Maybe it was selfish that this made him more agreeable with the plan, but he was a father and as such he cared deeply for her, even if it would paint him in a negative light.

“...Then let’s go.”

Twilight nodded, as Applejack and Rainbow Dash strode to her side, pressing against her confidently for support.

“We will have the pegasi and thestrals be our air support. We attack them from the front and above them to confuse them. That way we can take care of the imps faster and hopefully beat them, before they even manage to drag a single pony away.”

“Heck yeah!”

“Shhh!” several ponies hissed at the prismatic mare, making her smile sheepishly.

“Now, let’s hurry,” the alicorn ordered, as the ponies gazes turned steely, ready to save their loved ones.

Filthy was very much at the front for this, keeping up with Twilight as they were nearing the tree line to the camp. His eyes zoomed in on a certain white and purple mane, recognizing his daughter. Then he glared fiercely at the imp that was using her body like a fleshlight.

Still, he held himself back for Twilight to signal their attack.

With a wave of her hoof they stormed. There was no need for a battle cry. They weren’t after all trying to divert their attention towards them. Instead this would give them another few seconds before the imps noticed them.

“P-Ponie-” one imp cried out in alarm, only for Rainbow Dash to kick him right in the mug and then catch Diamond Tiara that fell off his dick.

“Safe!” she cheered in triumph, holding the still delirious filly, while a thestral took care of the other guard.

“Rainbow-?” Diamond Tiara wondered, shaking her head to get her bearings.

“I am coming, Diamond!” Filthy bellowed out as he stormed through the gate.

“D-Dad?!”

While this would be a heartfelt reunion no doubt, it wasn’t something they could focus on. They still had a job to do.

“Rainbow! To the front!” Twilight ordered her, making the pegasus salute and take off. Things were going considerably well. While the imps tried to fight back, it was clear that they were in a losing battle.

The big imp leader could see this too and growled.

“Retreat!”

They were swiftly grabbing everything and everypony they could, which weren’t many, as they opened up a compartment in the makeshift wall to reveal a secret emergency exit of sorts.

The imps that stuck fighting were enough to hold the large group of ponies back. The alicorn blasted her magic around, making sure to break their lines, just as Rainbow did, dive bombing into the group cockily. Applejack did her part too, kicking those imps into oblivion and knocking many out.

It barely took any time at all for them to clean up and take over the camp. A camp with still many of the kidnapped ponies, well and other races of course, seeing how Gallus was among the ones that were rescued.

Of course, by then the imps that retreated had already vanished inside the forest. The prismatic pegasus grumbled in dissatisfaction as she flew up to see that.

“Dammit! I can hardly follow them with how dense this forest is.”

The purple mare adopted a grim look. It felt a bit bittersweet that they indeed did manage to escape and took a few residents of Ponyville with them. Barely anypony of course, but still some. Already she could see that there was one particular filly missing.

“Princess Twilight! I can’t find Sweetie Belle!” Carrot Cake told her after running up to her.

“I can’t see her either. We have to search all the tents. Maybe she is in one of them, if not…then we might have not been fast enough. Some of the imps escaped.”

“Shouldn’t we follow them then?” the stallion asked, finding that searching the perimeter would take too much time.

“We can’t. You need to take a look around. There are many ponies we rescued and we would have to carry them as we cannot leave them here. And even if we left a group of ponies to watch them, it would diminish our group and we could run straight into an ambush.”

Twilight really didn’t want to leave anypony in the hands of these imps, but with how things were, it would be very risky to take up pursuit. She could see that Carrot understood that too as he looked ruefully in the direction where the imps had vanished off to.

She put a comforting hoof on him.

“I know. We will get her back. We will get everypony back, but for now we need to take care of the ones we have already saved.”

“I…understand.”

The alicorn gave him a sad little smile, before she disengaged and walked over to the guards.

“Tie up the imps and search the camp. We need to get everypony as well as their potions for research,” the mare ordered, making the thestrals salute obediently.

There was little else to be said, as many ponies were reunited with their loved ones.

Some more ponies voiced their concerns though as indeed a handful of fillies were missing. In the end there were a few parents that were heartbroken, making this a bit more of a bittersweet moment.

Twilight did her best to reassure them, but it hardly was enough for them.

And then there was Applejack.

Not only fillies were missing. Granny Smith was still missing too. Twilight didn’t see her in the camp in the first place, but maybe she had simply overlooked her. Whatever the case may be, the earth pony slumped on her rear, glaring at the distance to where the imps had run off to.

Rainbow did notice it too and joined her, talking to her. And while the princess was tempted to do it as well, she let the two of them have that moment for now, while she finished packing their operation up for now.

Only when they were finished and on their way back, did Twilight approach them. They were flanked by the guards, but also had some distance to the other ponies.

“We will find her, Applejack. I promise you that.”

Even while she tried to lift her friend's spirit, those words still sounded hollow to her. Not because she didn’t intend to save Granny Smith, as she definitely wanted to find her and the other missing ponies, but for the simple reason that it would not be an easy task with the imps on the run now.

Applejack turned to her. A serious look was on her features, but it softened up a short moment later.

“It’s fine, Twilight. There was never a guarantee that we would be able to free her or that she would be here for that matter. Maybe Ah gotta ask some of the one’s we rescued if they have seen her later.”

The alicorn bobbed her head in understanding. Now that she was thinking about it, they haven’t seen only imps there. And if memory served her right, the creatures that raided Applejack’s farm were goblins.

There was indeed a lower likelihood of them finding Granny Smith there. So there was a different camp in the Everfree? Or Whitetail Woods? Maybe even in a different direction?

With all the chaos it wouldn’t be far off to assume that some of the invaders dipped into the forest, only to change directions once out of sight.

Maybe some could have already retreated before Princess Celestia and Luna arrived. This all made it even harder to find Granny Smith now. From the reports they had, they knew that imps and a few others were fleeing in the Everfree, but not if all that had kidnapped ponies went there.

Twilight was pretty sure this would give her a headache in the future. With the limited ponies she had, she couldn’t afford to send out too many scouts. Even this rescue mission was a huge risk after all, leaving Ponyville with not much defense.

“I understand, Applejack. Just know that the guards will help in investigating her whereabouts. And I will organize another rescue party as soon as we know her location.”

That made the orange mare smile. “Thank you, Twilight. Ah appreciate it, but…there is still the thing about Sweetie Belle. We gotta tell Rarity.”

Rainbow tapped her chin at that. “Come to think about it, why didn’t she join us?”

“The day has been hectic…and I have to admit I just sent a guard to do it, while organizing this excursion.”

“Next time, ya can ask for us to help. Or well, me in that case, seeing how Rainbow was recovering,” Applejack offered. It would be better after all to not let a guard talk with her, but to have her friends there to comfort her. Family going missing…Applejack knew better than anypony how harsh that was in her current situation.

It is not something Twilight could dwell on. She would simply have to visit. Rarity to make up for it…of course, this would take time away from her research. Maybe she should let Spike do it. She wasn’t sure she trusted him around the potions after all. Especially with Rainbow around…

You choose.

1. Visit Rarity, while Spike watches over the potions
2. Research the potions, while Spike visits Rarity

Vote Results:

1. Visit Rarity, while Spike watches over the potions IIIII IIIII IIIII III
2. Research the potions, while Spike visits Rarity IIIII IIIII III