Thundersky Origins

It was a long day of training and having a friend almost die, so I got home and got to bed trying to sleep. But my Wings kept me of it, because I had still to much Adrenaline in my body.

After 3h I stood up, taking my way to the kitchen to get something to drink. As I opened the fridge looking for a bottle of beer, or something like it, the Intruder Alert activated immersing the whole building in red light.

“FN tell me what's up”, I asked the Titan, hoping that just an animal found its way across the Security Fence.

“Sir, It's not the alert of the House.”, FN answered at instant.

“What then?”, I asked the Ronin Titan trough my neural link.

“Sir, the Radar System of the Malta captured three Frontier Command Battleships on the way to Equestria.”, FN said, shocking me to the bones.

“Give a Message to Celestia that maybe a new thread will come from the sky. Also open a link for me to the Malta.”, I said taking my way to the underground section of my House.

“This is Firebird 6-4 for Malta, do you copy?”, I said in my Headset, coming to a large door under my House.

“This is Malta, we read you loud and clear.”, I became as an answer from a voice with a German accent.

“What Fraction are those Battleships?”, I asked with a deep undertone, already knowing from where their are.

“Those are Tagged FC Battleships coming from a Planet Raid, where they exterminated three quarters of the population. Are we clear to engage?”

“You are Clear to engage enemy Ships with everything you got, I will take position in Canterlot. Thundersky Out.”

“Plasma Railguns are charged and ready to fire. Also are eight Grunt Squads and 2 Goblin Squads on Standby and waiting for your command.”, the German Engineer answered.

“FN, I will send you up to the Malta again. Get rearmed and wait for my command.”, I said opening the Door to the Hangar Bay where a LT-22 Raptor waited to be prepared for combat.

“SKY, WHERE ARE YOU?”, I heard Rainbow Dash shouting from the third floor.

“I'm coming.”, I shouted back.

I flew up the Stairs to meet Rainbow Dash in the Main Hall.

“I heard loud noises coming from here, something happened?”, she said tired from probably not sleeping well.

“Nothing important. Go back home.”, I said trying to seem calm.

“It doesn't look like that.”, Rainbow said giving me a suspicious look.

“I'll tell you tomorrow, okay?”, I said, pushing her out of the door.

“Okay”, Rainbow said with a not very happy voice.

“Good.”, I gave with a little bit angry undertone from me whilst closing the door,”Now back to the business.”

I took the stairs down for another time to enter the Hangar Bay another time.

I embarked in the quad engine fighter and checked the weapon systems. It showed ten Aim-96 Stinger Missiles loaded in the inner Rocket Shaft as well as eight Raw-55 Sidewinder AT Rockets on the outer suspensions.

The two Gau-8 Avengers weren't loaded at that point, but it only took five minutes to load them.

“Gau-8 Avenger Gatling Guns are loaded with HE, AP and Dragon's Breath Ammunition.”, the female voice of the fighter said, giving me a feeling I had last two years ago, when I made my first flight with the Raptor.

I started the Engines to check the afterburner for orbital Flight, as well as the Flaps and Airbreakes.

After a few more tests, I pressed the Button to open the Hangar Ceiling for a vertical takeoff.

The Engines began to turn on, and after they got on full power I pushed the Button for VTOL flight.

Taking off, the Raptor took its way to Canterlot.

After a five minute flight the Raptor reach its destination, the courtyard of Canterlot Castle, and hovered ten meters over the lawn to give my Jump Kit time to stop my fall.

I switched to Human during the flight to get a little advantage towards the FC.

As I jumped out of the Cockpit, the Window moved back into its locked position and took off to its marked position behind the Castle to be on standby but hidden, as the Jump-Kit fired and stopped my fall one feet before I hit the ground.

As I turned around to face the massive wooden Door, which leads to the inner parts of Canterlot, lit up in a yellow magic field which I was used to from Celestia, but instead of Celestia two Royal Guards came up to me and saluted.

”We are here to bring you to Princess Celestia.”, one of the Guards said.

“Why isn't Celestia or Luna waiting for me?”, I asked the two Guards suspicious, because my heatprint scanner showed me that they were not what they're trying to be.

Both Changelings looked at each other before the bigger one of them said:”Both of them are busy so Celestia send us to welcome you.”

I slowly moved my hand to my shoulder, trying not alert the two Changelings in front of me, and pulled out my Pulse Blade to wait for the right moment to take one as a hostage.

The next moment when both of them looked away from me I grabbed the nearest of them and place my Pulse Blade on his Throat.

Both of the Changelings transformed in their normal form, both hissing at me and the one in my grip tried to get free, but that made it only tighter.

“Let's stay diplomatic and just talk, shall we?”, I asked the Changeling in my grip, putting the Pulse Blade a little bit away from his Throat.

The Changeling in my grasp looked first at my red V-Shape visor and then at his friend. Both nodded. I released my grip a little bit and let the Changelings speak.

“So first off, why are you here?”,I asked the two Changelings .

“Where looking for a new place to hide the Changeling Hive.”, the one in my grasp answered.

“Why?”

“This morning something crashed in the badlands. Queen Chrysalis send out two scouts to investigate. Both never came back.”, the second one continued.

I made a quick maybe dumb decision:”I have an Idea, but you have to trust me.”

“Continue.”, both Changelings said, waiting for me to continue.

“Go back to your Hive, tell Chrysalis she has a safe place in Canterlot.”

Both Changelings looked at each other, confused about my decision, and looked a last time at me before they teleported back to their Hive.

As they teleported, I looked around hoping that none of the Guards had saw me or the Changelings. I was glad to see no Guards nearby.

The rest of way to the Throne Room I sprinted, making it in under one minute.

As I reached the doors two guards tried to stop me but I pushed them easily to the side.

“Princess Celestia, there is something important you need to know!”, I said, a little bit out of breath.

“There is…”, a high pitched sound made me stop in mid sentence. Another fifty of the same sound could be heard, before the room went completely silent.

After a few seconds Celestia began to speak:”What was that?”

“First off, you need to find a place to keep around five hundred Changelings save.”, I said harsh,”Second the FC is attacking, and I don't have enough man to push them back. So I need the Equestrian Military too.”

A Guard came in and spoke with a trembling voice:”Your Highness, the outer parts of Canterlot got attacked and we got pushed back to the Castle walls.”

Celestia looked at me and waited for me, to respond on the news that the Guard had brought.

“I think this is a Facta, non Verba Situation.”, I spoke calm,”It's time to begin Operation Frontier Defense.”