Chapter 1 the final stand?
I wonder how long it's been since I felt the sun against my coat or the grass beneath my hoofs, or how long it had been since I had seen Pegasus touch the sky and not ware blood stained armor. Dragons blood shines in the dim light like a reflector, most days the sky is lined with red but not this day. This day we make our final stand
" Permafrost"
a voice called out to me, a very soft voice it was my friend Lilly Belll. A white coated earth pony with a green mane and red eyes she stood before me in Celestia's royal guard armor, her helmet and chest plate shine golden with a red crest going from back to front on the helmet. Her weapon of choice was a giant maul that had the symbol of the sun chiseled into it. She was only 20 and she had all ready become one of Celestia's most loyal guards, she joined at a young age of 14, her cutey mark was a shield with white wings.
" so how are you holding up my friend" she said with sympathy in her voice, the mare walked up to him and looked out to the distance, the ground scorched and barren free of life they stood on the remains of the castle Celestia once ruled in. It stood as a beacon of what once was. Amazing to think that this was once a land full of joy and dreams just 6 years ago before it all happened, we never seen it coming...
" O I'm all right don't worry about me, how are the others doing" he was speaking of the rest of his team, Bristle the Pegasus pony he was a grey coated stallion with a red mane and tail with Amethyst eyes. We found him encased in stone most likely by a Cockatrice, after advances in magic we learned to simulate the same effect of the stare and was able to reverse it freeing him from his stone prison. We don't know much about him but what we can tell is that his hundreds of years old, most likely was born before Ponyville was founded, his cutey mark is one we cannot decipher. It appears to be a to be a painting with a alicorn with a fire red mane though we have no idea who it is, Bristle says that it's a picture of an artist whos artwork would come to life and that's all he can tell us.
There was a sudden shaking of the ground as they looked out into the distance past the mountains, there was a massive battle taking place. The battle cries of what remained of Celestia's army echoed from miles.
" How will we know if they have won or not..." Lilly Bell said with sadness in her voice.
" If they loose then they will come here...the last obstacles in there path....."he started walking towards a stair way that lead down into the castle and vanishing from sight not speaking another word, he was the leader of the six ponies who were to act as the last line of defense to guard Equestria's most valued treasures.
His coat was ice blue, and his mane was opal it changed color depending what angle you looked at it. His eyes were silver and he bared the cutey mark of six magic orbs that are connected by chains, it was decided to lead the five ponies by Celestia who had seen great potential in his ability to cast magics as powerful as Twilight's, but being more talented in attack magics. This all so made him a constant threat to the invading dragons leaving him a prime target for their most brutal assaults and assassination attempts, he never asked for this life but destiny shined upon him and gave him this fate. He normally kept quiet acting in action and less in words, only Lilly Bell could see the pain in his eyes, the memories of scorched corpses of fillies and colts with burning villages. He had seen the most twisted part of war and his mind and heart were stone walls because of it making it seem like there's not an ounce of emotion in him, and who could blame him one can only be so open and kind when you see an entire village burn before your eyes when you were only eight years old, he was in his twenties now and not a day goes by that it doesn't keep him awake at night, only
Permafrost walked down the stair way as he could hear the chatting of two other members, he would stop at the palace mess hall where the guards once ate and talked of good times. Now it was just a barren room full of memories and dust, he seen two ponies sitting at a table from across one another, one of these stallions went by the name of Wrath or everyone else called him spark plug, Why?
Because that's what he was a android, we had found him one day while searching through Celestia's basement underneath the castle. He was found in a secret hatch with what looked like scattered blueprints and journal entries that had been enchanted so only the maker could read them, after some time of decoding we manage to decipher some of it in which we learned that he was not even of this planet. The technology was unlike any Equestria had seen in all of its history even the most advanced of engineers our little world had to offer said that it even went far beyond there comprehension.
There wasn't much to him besides being constructed completely of metal, the metal Automaton had grown fond of brown fedora which Spark plug claimed belong to his creator, Spark plug's body was made of unknown kind of metal that was two inches thick but was very light weight allowing for quick movements when needed. As for his power source Wrath said that any records of that was lost for some reason from his memory banks, he all so oddly has a thing for good music and cigarettes we don't like to ask to many questions and are just happy his on our side.
The other pony sitting on the opposite side of the table was Gentle breeze, his a little less mysterious than the others as he and Permafrost have been friends for a good time now. Gentle breeze is a pegasus with a green coat and a blue mane and green eyes, his cutey mark was a symbol for wind wavy lines, he worked as a personal spy for Celestia, espionage is his thing and he was damn good at it. He was the go to pony if Celestia wanted to check on what the other kingdoms were doing, his knowledge in stealth, and magic jacking is unmatched by any one in Equestria this makes him very useful against dragons and any thing smaller. a dragons scales are normally impenetrable and are not able to be destroyed because of there natural enchantment against blunt,sharp, and most of all fire. Gentle Breeze how you would say knows every weak point on a dragons body striking them with his ninjato enough to cause serious harm, not that it's impossible but even for the strongest ponies in Equestria penetrating the dragons enchanted scales can prove a challenge.
Permafrost needed to gather his thoughts as he found him self in the throne room, the throne that one of the greatist leaders of Equestria used to sit in was now empty, and her warmth and compassion was absent where it once prospered. He looked at the throne and remembered all the scraps his had with death and now he was going to haft to face it once again and for the final time, his memories brought him back to that vivid memory of when his village was turned to ash by a group of dragons on a search and destroy mission, his village was unfortunate enough to be in there direct path.
There was a sudden sound of hoofs behind him, he turned around to find it was the last member of the group, it was his close friend and student Echo blade he was the youngest of the group being only 15 years old. He was found as a refugee in manehatten, his a unicorn with great potential but he lacks control of his magics, his been under the wing of Permafrost teaching the young unicorn how to control and use his magics properly. Echo blade has a moon yellow coat with a black mane, Echo blade's eyes were crimson red an on his flank was the cutey mark of sound waves.
"...Master...you're troubled...I can see it in your eyes" the young unicorn said approaching him, there was a pause for a few seconds as he attempted to speak with him"...if you wish to talk then I'm listening..I know your mind must be troubled by this...we all are master"
"...ENOUGH!..." Permafrost yelled in a strong demanding tone his voice was very powerful, he would turn to him his silver eyes locked onto his crimson ones"...I appreciate your concern but right now the only thing that will help is silence....let this pegasus have his final hour before the end...please"he said his powerful voice turning to more of a sad one desperate one, Permafrost trotted up to Echo Blade"...you're very young...enjoy these minutes while you have them...I'm sorry you had to get caught up in all of this"he said lowering his head.
"...master..."he said seeing great pain in his mentors eyes, this troubled him as Permafrost normally lived up to his name and was ice cold to most ponies only showing compassion for his closest of allies, he would smile"...what are you talking about I get to fight to the end with some of the strongest ponies Equestria has ever seen...I cannot think of a more fitting end then this".-
This was reinforced by other voices as well as the rest of the three had been listening the entire time. Spark plug was the first to speak"...Hey don't sweat it boss, we will make sure them bags of helium remember this day you can count on that" he said a normal voice coming out of a glowing glass plate where his mouth should be, he would smile and tip his hat just a little over his glowing eyes.
Another pony voiced there opinion it was Gentle breeze"...you got us all killed way to go jack ass..."he said smiling happily as he couldn't help him self"...ehh if I was gonna die I guess it might as well be like this..."he said rubbing the back of his head chuckling a little.
Graphite was standing next to Lilly Bell who had just come down from the roof"....ah why must you all ways drag us in five tons of dragon shit huh?...why couldn't we just high tail it out of here while we had the option"he sighed he said being covered in pain from one of his latest art projects" well fine if we are going to die with style!! ha ha...I've got something prepared for the dragons that they will never seem coming"
" We are all behind you Permafrost every step of the way" Lilly Bell said as she joined the group"...we are ready when you are leader..." they all nodded in agreement.
Permafrost raised his head and looked at the ponies before him, but before he could say any thing the ground beneath them shook violently"...looks like the time for words is over..."he said as the call of hundreds of dragons could be heard through the thick walls of the castle he looked at the five and regained his focus"...go now get into position!.."he stomped his hoof as the five ran out of the throne room.
"....."Permafrost only stood for a few minutes before he followed shortly after them, the sound of the dragons were approaching. Before he reached the top there was a branching path that leaded deeper into the castle, Permafrost whet that way increasing his pace knowing he did not have long to say his goodbyes. The hall way would be dark the echo of his hoofs seem to stretch endlessly bouncing off the walls and back, he would continue making his way down the hall until he could see a bright light at the end as he drew nearer it became blinding as he would squint and move towards it, he came to stop as he felt grass beneath his feet.
Permafrost's eyes adjusted as stood in front of a large tree, the walls were made of precious gems and stones carefully made from hoof by some of Equestrias best stone masons and architects, and there below this tree were six stone coffins. Permafrost's cold nature quickly melted away at the sight, and turned into one of grief and sorrow his heart sank as he would walk to them getting closer to stone coffins.
"....."he would lay his hoof on the first one that was at the front of the tree, he would let out a sigh"...who would of thought it would end this way"he said getting a closer look at it the coffin he had approach contained a purple unicorn who wore a golden tiara with three sparks on it, she seemed to be asleep with her eyes closed and front legs crossed."...we tried with all our hearts...every last one of us up to the very end...."he would look down at the ground as the castle suddenly shook again, his time was up and Permafrost would big his farewells and ran out of the room leaving the six.
The light would dim as he would rush his way up to the stair way a sudden burst of fire bursts through the door way, the smell of fire and sulfur flooded his nostrils as he bursts through the entrance, he could now see the bodies of dragons strung across the castle interior as his friends were holding there own the best they could against the hordes. Permafrost would fly into the air seeing Lilly Bell finishing off a good sized dragon with a swing of her maul bashing its skull into the tile below it. Permafrost would land next to Lilly Bell dodging several attempts to knock him out of the air as the dragons used there ranged attacks to try and roast him"...Lilly Bell where are the others!!"he said needing to yell over the sound of explosions and thunderous rawrs of the dragons.
" Spark plugs taken the roof!.."she said as a incoming fire ball landed just a few feet from them"...Graphite went inside to get his latest art project ready, as for Gentle breeze and Echo blade there handling the ground forces..go help them we have the top covered!"she said as a green dragon landed in front of them"..go I've got this bastard!.." Lilly Bell said takeing the maul into her mouth and swinging it smashing it into the dragons approaching claw , the impact making a sickening crunching sound as her weapon shatters the dragons paw making it wail in agony.
A dragon was suddenly shot out of the air by a by several rounds to the chest making it fly out of the air and smash into the side of the castle"....Ya boss me and Lilly got this covered..."he said from a high balcony just a few feet above them.
Permafrost nods and jumps off the edge spreading his wings and gliding down to the ground where Echo blade and Gentle breeze were holding off the ground forces, he could see Gentle breeze climbing onto the dragons back and strikeing it precisely in between the shoulder blades concentrating his magic through the blade allowing it to pierce the armor causing the dragon to swing violently hitting the others next to it, Echo blade struck the ground with a random piece of pipe that he had found sending out a massive shock wave sending a couple of dragons flying back.
",,HI MASTER...don't mind us ha ha"he said as he struck the ground again causing another sound wave to smash into another wave of dragons"...jump in when ever you want to."
Permafrost would land in the middle of them there was a massive wave of dragons coming charging, Permafrost would begin flapping his wings as a mighty gust of wind would pick up the temperature dropping below -30 degrees, he would flap his wings sending a mighty gust of blistering cold wind that washes over the dragons, there scales breaking off from severe frost bite there cold blood turning to ice as they would freeze in there place, killing ten of them but more came they seem to come in hordes, fire balls shattering the walls of Celestia's castle.
Up at top"....HOW YOU HOLDIN UP DOLL??!"he said as he just barely dodged a fire ball and fired off an armor piercing round from his arm, it flew and struck a dragon in the wing knocking it out of the air, he would then turn around and grab the swiping claws of a dragon who had come from behind"...heyyy that's dirty..sneaking up on a pony with his back turned"he said using his robotic strength to pull the dragon towards him giving it a right hook to the jaw and electrocuting the dragon enough to knock it out.
Lilly Bell was busy dealing with several dragons as well but she was holding her own, she held the maul in her hoofs gripping it"...I'm alive I tell ya that!.."he said before swinging knocking one of the dragons off the castle with a mighty blow from her weapon, she would do a 360 making the other dragons back away out of fear of being hit" they just keep coming!!" she said holding up her hammer stopping a dragon from smashing her into the ground"...gah...damn..."she would skid back being no match for the power of the dragon, one of the other closes in seeing her vulnerable and opens its muzzle getting ready to turn her to a roasted pony.
Lilly Bell looked back and closed her eyes not able to move out of the way, the dragon rears its head back ready to incinerate her, for a moment she waited for the flames to engulf her. But there was nothing as she opened her eyes she had seen that Permafrost had frozen the dragons mouth shut.
" PERMAFROST"she yelled as she tossed the attack dragon to the side and give it a swift hit to the jaw knocking it off the castle, she would rush towards the dragon who was now thrashing savagely to shake Permafrost off. Lilly Bell would strike the dragon in the stomach as it reared up trying to grab the stallion and rip him off, the dragon stumbles back and falls to the ground and Permafrost spreads his wings gliding down to the ground.
" Thank you Lilly Bell.."he said as he kept his cold stare"..Echo blade and Gentle Breeze have managed to get the ground troops under control..."but before the could say any thing the attacks stopped"....what's going on...why have they stopped..."he said as the dragons all lined up in a single file row in front of the castle, the 5 ponies all gathered confused as they watched the attacking dragons all lined up and bowed, the ground started shaking as it felt as though and earth quake was going to split the ground, and there they all saw what was coming, a dragon larger than anything they had ever seen before. A dragon with red scales with massive wings, he walked down the row of dragons each step making the earth shake, his eyes were yellow like fire horns protruding back from his head, he had claws that looked like jagged daggers. His tail ended in a spike. A lot of the smaller dragons seem to bow in respect and fear of it.
There was a silence as the dragon looked up at the ponies"...are you the ponies who are to guard the elements of harmony...."he said his voice boomed as he looked the five who were standing over the edge of the castle. He didn't
seem to give much of two shits of the ponies answers, he raised his claws and picked something from his teeth, picking out the bone of what looked like it once belonged to a filly.
Being the leader of the group Permafrost steps up"...that we are...and who are you!.." Permafrost said making him self known.
The dragon would seemed somewhat more concerned"...ooo you are the Permafrost my troops have had such a hard time killing..ha..I expected more.." he said a evil smirk forming"...but enough with this small talk..let me introduce my self, my name is Ahriman, I am the leader of this organized assault..lets cut to the chase...I want you to join ME. I will spare your lives and promise not to use your bones to pick my teeth clean,...this is your only option"he said sitting down waiting for a response.
The six looked at each other and nodded in agreement, Permafrost speaks up"...We have come to a decision"
Ahriman looked up as all the dragons turned there attentions to the ponies.
" We have all agreed that you all can kiss each and every single one of our individual flanks..." Permafrost smiled as he could see the rage seething in the dragons eyes"...so be it you useless little piles of flesh".
Ahriman leaps off the ground spreading his wings, crashing straight into the part of the castle they stood on and tareing through it like paper knocking all the ponies off balance. But his choice target was permafrost as he grabbed the blue pony in his giant claws, the group fell of the castle with the ruble.
" NOOO" Permafrost screams as he watched his friends tumble to the ground, Gentle breeze attempting to save them but he was only one pegasus. He cringed in pain as the massive dragon pins him to the wall, he could feel the smell of sulfur and smoke fill his nostrils making him choke a little, he looked into the cold and compassion less eyes of Ahriman.
"...Look at that once again the ponies have lost and dragons have won...what a surprise..Celestia's army couldn't stop us"he would slam Permafrost against the wall again"...do you know what I love most about ponies...the way they scream when I rip off there limbs"he said chuckling a little.
Permafrost opened his eyes"...YOU MONSTER"he yelled as he took in a deep breath and blew out piercing cold wind at -30 degrees causing one of Ahriman's eyes to freeze, the dragon snarled as pain shot into his eye and into his head"..you little piece of shit!!"he growled blindly swinging at the pony hitting the wall behind Permafrost causing it to collapse, they fell into the castle tumbling as Ahriman kept a hold of Permafrost.
It was quiet for a sometime Permafrost opened his eyes, to find him self in the grasp of a semiconscious dragon Permafrost all so realized that he was in the room where the original mane six rested"....huh..fate is funny" he laid there knowing that this would be the outcome, he looked around accepting his fate Ahriman got up light rubbing his head. His eyes
widen smiling at his victory.
" HA HA..well looky here..the elements of harmony all neatly lined up a row just for me"he said looking at Permafrost as he stand up on his back legs"...LOOK NOW...all your effort for NOTHING ha ha.."his amusement would die as he looked at the broken pegasus in his paw"...you costed me an eye..and you know how the saying goes, Ahriman said holding up his other claw to the pegasus left eye, and jams it into his eye socket.
Permafrost screams in agony as he felt the dragons claw pierce his eye socket"..AHHHHHHH" he screamed but he wouldn't beg for mercy, he would give Ahriman that satisfaction blood would squirt out onto the dragons claw as his eye socket was torn and mutilated.
Ahriman would stop and pull out his claw"...now we are even.." he said whispering in his ear as he would toss the pegasus to the side, Ahriman had won and he wanted to claim his prize.
Permafrost would groan quietly on the groan" ...you...heartless monster..."he said only able to watch bleeding out as Ahriman would stand over the coffins, he broke the glass of one and pulls out Fluttershy and removes the necklace from her"...nooo..."he would attempt to get up the pain agonizing shooting through his body"...you sick bastard".-
Ahriman smiled at this holding the deceased pony in his paw"...awww the element of kindness... how disgustingly weak"he said discarding the mare and holding up the necklace"...now if you excuse me...I have to tell my troops the war is over" he said walking over the pegasus and spreading his wings getting ready to fly away when all of a sudden a earth pony confronts him holding a large canvas"..and who exactly are you?.." he said some what amused by the pony.
Bristle stood there covered in paint"...the only thing that matters now is that before you go!..you get to see my greatest masterpiece, believe me it will blow your mind!" he said excited all most like a mad pony, he would set the canvas onto the ground and set it up in front of the dragon.-
Ahriman actually found him self somewhat interested in this, and sits down wanting to see this master piece"...go on and show me I have important things to do..places to rule".
Bristle smiled"...all right...here it is"he would pull off the white sheet covering the canvas to find that it had each of the original mane six wearing there elements with a wondrous amount of detail"...well what do ya think!!"he said as his happy joyful smile turned to a some what evil and scheming one.
Ahriman paid no attention to this and commented on the painting"...it's very well done though I've never been the with a taste for fine art..the concept makes me sick.."he said getting back up on all fours ready to leave but before he got the chance the painting actually started to glow very brightly even, as it seemed as if the painting was coming to life.
" I knew it would blow you away..." Bristle smiled as the canvas let loose a massive beam of rainbows thatengulf Ahriman and blasting a giant hole out of the top of the castle.
Ahriman was over taken by the power as he was blasted out of the castle screaming in rage.
Bristle laughed and puts down the canvas going over to Permafrost and holding him up in his hoofs"...man he did a number on you...how ya feeling" he said trying to give his best smile, which quickly faded as he realized that his leader was in dire shape and not responding much"...hey...everything is gonna be all right..." Bristle said holding his dieing leader, there was a strange sound coming from the coffins and from the necklace on the floor, each one started to activate and glow there was a bright light that blinded Bristle as he held up his arm to cover his eyes"...damn what's going on!!!.." Bristle yelled as the elements of harmony went crazy as a bright light swallowed Permafrost and Bristle.
Permafrost cringed as he could only see what he thought was the bright light at the end of the tunnel, and he passes out cold.
Bristle would look down at Permafrost"...hey stay.."but before he could finish his sentence he felt and intense dizziness over come him as he fell the floor.
All was quiet at first, Permafrost wonders if this is what really death is like darkness. He felt something warm against him he could all so hear ponies talking, he started to toss and turn to realize that he was asleep and he opens his eyes and wakes in shock, panting heavily he patted him self checking for injuries to see if this was a dream but now. Where his left eye should be was gone and replaced by an eye patch, and he heard a familiar voice.
" Gess boss you look like shit no offense"
Permafrost looked up to find that it was Spark plug, not just him but the whole group was here"..but how..where...I thought we were all dead" he said his head buzzing from a massive amount of confusion.
" Hey hey don't move around so much master we don't need you hurting your self ha ha" Echo blade said" we are all alive luckily Gentle breeze had manage to get us to safety before going splat ha".
" You had us worried Permafrost" Lilly Bell had said gently sitting next to him.
Permafrost looked around"...So...where am I.." he said this place not looking Familiar to him at all, this place looked way to nice and it raised his suspicions.
"...well apparently by some means we have been transported back in time, we are not sure how but I'm just happy to be alive" Gentle breeze said.
" Yeah you all most died on me there buddy" Bristle said.
Permafrost was confused as he scratched the back his head"...ooo my head hurts..." he said contemplating if this was all real or not, he looked around the room it was small and he could hear other ponies, doctors, pregnant mares, children he felt sick to his stomach as he lied down in bed and closed his eyes, Permafrost body ached all over and he just wanted to rest.
Meanwhile at the time Fluttershy was in her house gathering up food in a basket, she hummed to her self joyfully she all most giggled to her self as she trotted out of her house, Fluttershy had something special planned today. She went into ponyville where everyone was going about there usual business. She was heading to the hospital and trotted up to the entrance when she was suddenly stopped by her good friend Twilight sparkle.
" O hey Fluttershy making your daily visit to the patients? I came here to get some medical books for the library" Twilight smiled as she noticed that Fluttershy was carrying a basket with her"...hey who is that for?" she said raising her hoof and pointing to the basket her mouth. Fluttershy blushes a little not sure how answer her friend she would set the basket down.
" o yes..his a pegasus who was put in intensive care just yesterday, I saw him while I was reading to new born colts and fillies, he was with a interesting looking group of ponies..I hope his doing all right...last time I saw him he was asleep. The doctors said that something sharp and big had stabbed out his left eye!.." she shuddering a little at the thought.
Twilight was very shocked at this".. o my that's horrible I can't imagine what could of happened, tell you what forget about the books we can go visit this pony together" Twilight before being able to move another step was stopped by Fluttershy to her surprise she had a nervous smile, a look of confusion came upon her face"..what's the matter Fluttershy??" she said never seeing her friend act this way before.
"... o no wait..please..um..if all of us go in it might ya know.. frighten him..let me go in, I promise to tell you about everything that happens..." she said hoping that her friend Twilight would understand, she picked up the basket and gave her best smile, she looked at Twilight expression and saw that it one of confusion. Twilight being the smart pony that she was and hanging around rarity for so long, it didn't take her to figure out what was going on and it made her give Fluttershy and soft look.
"..you have a crush on him don't you..." she said trying to hide her excitement, she constantly read romance novels that started out like this, she would would rush up to Fluttershy waiting for a response. Fluttershy squeaked shyly hiding her blush behind her flowing pink hair"
"..well..um..his kind of cute...and..well..." she blushed thinking she sounded foolish getting a childish crush on a male she knew nothing about",,I've gotta go!.." she picked up the basket and ran into the hospital, she felt bad for running away like that but her faced turned red and she didn't want all the attention.
Twilight would soon loose sight of her"...wait..o Fluttershy.." Twilight would walk after her she just needed to find the room of the stallion.
Fluttershy would slow down as she reached the left wing of the hospital, she would near the intensive care room, she remembers which room it was and after dodging a few of doctors and nurse ponies, she manages her way to the door way. She would stop for a moment and take deep breath and walks into the room to find the stallion was no longer here, she looked around some what frantically as she wonders if she was to late and he had left. There was a sudden tap on her shoulder, she turned around to find it was a doctor, he had the cutey mark of a I.V.
" You must be looking for the stallion that was in this room earlier, his just a few rooms down. Craziest thing he seems to suffer from nigh terrors nasty ones...last night he woke up screaming and he nearly froze the nurses trying to calm him, but everything is all right the nurses are fine a little frost bite but nothing serious." he said pointing to the third room right of this one.
Fluttershy smiled and thanked the doctor as she moved past him, and to the room she would gently peek her head around the corner to find that him alone sitting at the side of his bed staring at the ground, he had a look of misery and desperation this surprised her as she had never seen a pony so tormented, she would slowly enter the room and approach him carrying the wicker basket in her mouth. She blushed as she got a closer look at him, his one eye was silver and his mane and tail was an amazing array of colors, she would set the basket on the ground"...um...excuse me...if it's all right..I brought you some food..um if your hungry of course..." her words were barely able to be heard.
Permafrost lifted his head up hearing the gentle voice, he would look to where the voice came from and there stood before him was a mare carrying a basket, he recognized her as the mare who he had seen torn from her coffin in the battle it was Fluttershy the element of kindness, this would easily make Permafrost smile for the fact that he was really back in time and this wasn't his mind snapping from the stress"....you're...Fluttershy..."he said hopping off the bed"...please...there's not much time, I must speak with you right away." he said getting closer.
Fluttershy squeaks and backs up shyly"...o..um..wow...o really...gosh.." she would look around"..um where are your freinds?..I seen them in here earlier" she said watching him carefully.
" o them they have gone out for now on duty.." he sniffs the air"...is that a rose on toasted bread with just a little bit of honey???.."he said looking at the basket, he sniffed the air again all most hypnotized by it.
Fluttershy smiled a little"...o why yes..I didn't know you liked them.."she said becoming a little less nervous, as she would pick up the basket and set it on a table next to the bed, it wasn't long before she saw Permafrost stick his hoofs into the wicker basket and pull out the sandwich.
" O ..wow...I've not had one of these since I was just colt..."he would take a bite of it, he could taste the sweet honey in his mouth the flavor was magnificent"....wow..thish is great" Permafrost said with a mouth full which he felt was a little immature but right now he wad focused in finishing off this gift she had given him, he would finish it off quickly as it filled up his stomac, he would wipe the honey from his mouth"...o wow..that was amazing...thank you so much." Fluttershy looked confused"..what do you mean you haven't had one since you were just a little colt???"
Permafrost explained the best he could to tell Fluttershy the tragic story of his village and the war with dragons, her reaction was as he expected. Fluttershy's tears started to swell in her eyes, it broke Permafrost's heart"....sorry...but in order to stop this from happening we must figure out what caused it to begin with..and we need the help of the mane six to do it" he said this with his head held high"..and now there's a chance to stop it all from happening" he said bringing Fluttershy into an loving hug understanding her pain. Fluttershy cried into his chest.
Fluttershy looked up at him and couldn't help but blush a little"...so what you're telling me..is that you and your friends are from the future, and in this future Equestria has been scorched by a war with dragons!..how..how do I know you're not just crazy!.."she said doubting his story a little but something deep down told her it was true. She could see the horror in his eyes when she looked into them and sees a pony who had has his world taken from him.
Permafrost pointed to his eye"..I'm sorry if you don't believe me...that's fine i don't expect you to" Permafrost would frown and let go of her, he would look at the ground not expecting her to believe him, what pony would but it didn't make any difference if she did or not he had a job to and he was going to find a way to do it. Fluttershy would step in front of him she would do give him a gentle hug.-
" I believe you..I..I do..but before I can help you...I need some proof...just enough to show me that this is real...I'm sorry..it's" but before she could say any thing Permafrost nodded"..all right..that just means we need to find my friend Spark Plug if any one will be able to provide evidence that we are from the future it's him, he has a built in journal in which he keeps video logs but I have no where he headed off to. Spark Plug said he was going to find the other mane six, we should get going can you show me where your friends usually are?"
Spark Plug was heading towards the farm that was said to be the home of one of the element holders, he would up to the apple trees and is stopped by the sound of children playing, he would walk into the grove and see three fillies playing tag with each other"..maybe these toddlers can be some help" he said talking to him self as he approached them, he wasn't sure how they would react to a talking tin can but it was worth a shot. Applebloom Sweetiebell and Scootaloo all stopped a look of mixed curiosity and horror as these strange metal pony that approached them, his body making what they would feel is unnatural noises they would huddle together"...what...what are you..." Sweetibell said her wise wide.
Spark plug would do what all gentlecolts do he tips he tips his hat to them"...I'm a friend of ya Applejack now where is she by the way I'm needing to talk to her right away"he said in the most polite way that any pony could be.
" She's not here right now...Applejack has gone to Canterlot to deliver some apples..."Applebloom said not shaking as much seeing as the pony was not intending to harm anypony.
