Goldenpie

“Today, begins a new era!”

Ourumov spoke from the top of a large catwalk. His strong voice echoed within his giant vessel. Below him he had hundreds of his elite soldiers. Further away he had hundreds of rebel soldiers. His speech he had written himself to reach out to both groups.

“Today, we’re about to bring an end, to a world that has left us crawling!”

Ourumov were walking back and forth as he spoke. His boots caused the steel platform below him to vibrate, sending steeled echoes inside the wide room.

“Our governments, have betrayed us! Our families, they’ve left desecrated, fighting for something that they were never meant to reach!”

Ourumov threw a glance to his side. Alec Trevelyan were standing right beside his general, his eyes were dim of memories. Alec tried to be focused on what needed to be done but for some reason he still could shake the memories of the past. Ourumov continued.

“Well, today is the day when we all, abandoned souls of our motherland, breaks this pre designed circle of injustice! Today we will break the chains around our necks that our families have been forced to wear, and take back that of which we were never meant to reach! May our weak leaders tremble as we march proudly through the streets of out main capital! May our families, in life or in death, shout our names as we force our weak leaders to give us what we have been kept from for all our lives!”

Ourumov stopped in the middle of the catwalk as he roared the last words.

“Glory, and freedom!” He turned to the Leinz Cossack tied Alec Trevelyan, then to the rebel part of the room.

“JUSTICE!”

There were a swelling roar of ‘hossas!’ coming from the soldiers. Ourumov looked to his side. Alec had certainly proven useful in gathering these rebels to their noble cause. Soon he, Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov would become the new president of Russia and the first thing Ourumov would do is to reward Alec with a luxury mansion for his services. There he would make sure that Alec received so much praise and luxury that he would be paralyzed by his presidents overflowing generosity. Ourumov would then launch major a offensive on the west and end the Cossacks misery once and for all, their life long struggle against governmental betrayals, at the hands of his execution squads.

Alec Trevelyan turned his head to take a glance at his general. It was Like Trevelyan were having two faces. The sleek side of his face laid still and handsome, rising into a mountain passage of red scars on the right side.

The general and the peoples leader entered the planning room together. Ourumov placed his general hat on top of the control panel.

“You seem distracted, Alec.” Ourumov remarked.

“Is it that obvious?” Alec answered

Ourumov walked up to Alec.

“Alec. You are the leader of the free people, i am your benefactor and together we are about to start a revolution. This is not the time to become distracted Alec Trevelyan!”

“Like becoming distracted from state responsibilities by dreams of revolutions?” Alec fired back.

Ourumov looked at Trevelyan like he was about to explode. He was about to roar at this wimp to respect his general. Instead he relaxed his face. He laughed. He put his right hand over Alecs shoulder and spoke slowly.

“Alec. Alec, Alec, Alec. How long have we two known each other?”

“Maybe to long.” Alec answered. Ourumov kept smiling.

“Thats the Spirit. It’s always good to keep your distance, both to your enemies and your friends. That is why i know that you are going to be a great man...”

“Don’t give me that flattering Ourumov!” Alec spat. Ourumov placed his left hand over Trevelyans other shoulder. He brought him closer as he spoke.

“Alec. Look at me.”

Alec looked up at his general. Ourumov spoke to him with long pauses.

“Alec. I am your friend. And you know it, Alec, you know it. And you need help, Alec. You know that i would do anything, you know... I would do anything to help you understand. All those ‘governments’ and ‘weak leaders’ that i spoke so passionately about out there that was all just for show. As long as you know what i mean, that i am your friend. Alec.”

Alec felt more and more depressed the further Ourumov spoke.

“You are a sad man, Alec.” Ourumovs dark eyeballs tore right into Alec.

“I am a sad man.” Alec said dimly. Ourumov smiled and nodded his head. Alecs felt his mind go numb, he spoke the first thing that went through it.

“James Bond...”

“Alec. Alec, Alec. I told you before, Alec. You know very well what i told you about those vanities?”

Alec felt his memory of Bond slip away as Ourumov dictated the complicated word.

“Vanities, is a force that lives within us all, Alec. It is a comfortable feeling, making it all the more dangerous. It is an idea, a conspiracy that drives shadowy governments like MI6 to watch your every move. And you know this, Alec.” Ourumov tightened his grip on Alecs holder.”...Your silence only confirms this, my best friend.”

Ourumov large eyes sparkled with understanding. But Alec didn’t feel understood. He felt paralyzed. The real meaning of vanities, ‘An excessive pride of one’s own appearance and achievements’, tried to crawl itself up into Alecs mind.

“B...but vanities. It means...” Alec stammered.

“You know what it means, Alec.” Ourumov raised his voice slightly.

“I...it’s...a pride...in ones...achievements.”

“Oh no, no, no Alec.” Ourumov shook his head. “No, not achievements. Now you’re walking down that path again, that same path that lead your father to shoot your mother.”

“Don’t d...dare bring my... f...f...father into this again.” Alec tried to be angry.

“Yes, yes, i know. I’m sorry Alec. I’m sorry that you forced me to remind you of him.”

An old image from his childhood flashed before Alecs eyes. His mother is lying on the wooden floor with strange red painting under her. His father sits crumbled on a chair, a gun lying on his bent knees. The tapestry behind him used to be blue.

“But he was a weak man, Alec. A weak, weak, weak man.”

For every time Ourumov said the word ‘weak’ it felt like a hammer was beating a nail into his Alecs head. Alec felt his chin jam inside his mouth.

“...And Bond, James Bond...”

Trevelyan looked blankly at Ourumov, guilt swimming in his eyes.

“...He would have been so disappointed in you.”

Ourumov took his hands away from Alec.

“I’ll be waiting for you inside the bridge.” Ourumov said blankly and walked out of the room, leaving Alec Trevelyan alone with his hatred for the world, and himself.

“See? There.” Boris pointed at the computer screen.

“Is that my entrance?” Pinkie Pie asked.

Starlight looked bewildered at Pinkie Pie.

“Your entrance? You’re not planning on going in alone do you?” Starlight asked.

“I only need to steal the Goldeneye key. Without it Ourumov won’t be able to fire the Goldeneye satellite and begin his military coup. It’s an easier theft with only one thief. Despite, you’re needed here Starlight. Fluttershy is busy taking care of Rainbow Dash and Rarity is... well, Rarity. They need somepony to protect them, somepony strong. Somepony like you.”

Starlight looked at Pinkie Pie with big eyes. She felt herself sink into a hole.

“No... no, no NO! That is ENOUGH!” Starlight snapped.

Pinkie Pie was taken a back by Starlights outburst.

“But Starli...?”

“No! NO MORE ‘But Starlight’ HERE and ‘But Starlight’ THERE!”

Tears were forming in Starlights eyes as she wailed.

“All those missions M sent you on and and all I could do was watch those computer screens not knowing if you’d come home alive or not! All those times you disappeared, not knowing if I'm suddenly gonna receive phone call or suddenly get contacted by Twilight Sparkle crying!”

“I had... no idea...”

“No idea WHAT?!” Starlights angry eyes widened. “Pinkie Pie, don’t you understand?! ...I love you! I don’t want to lose you! Not you to!”

The last phrase echoed inside the ponies head along with the memory of Trixie. Starlights wails turned into sobbing.

“I love you!” She repeated

“Starlight.” Was all Pinkie Pie could say.

Starlight Glimmer closed her teary eyes. She leaned forward and wrapped her hooves around Pinkie Pies curly mane and released her tears inside it. Boris watched silently, his eyes glimmering in fantasy.

“Don’t leave me...Don’t leave me...I love you...Don’t leave me in this movie ALONE!!!” Starlights sobbing suddenly exploded into a raging hurricane of crying.

Pinkie Pie stared blankly into the air as she held the shaking unicorn in her hooves. All this time she had thought Starlight Glimmer being a undemanding pony that put all other ponies on the same equal level. Pinkie Pie never realized how much somepony special would actually mean to her. Starlight kept wailing.

“Don't leave me...Don’t leave me...I’d never make it alone...I love you...Don't leave me here alone!”

“I’m not going to leave you alone Starlight.” Pinkie Pie spoke in her ear.

“You don’t have to!” A raspy voice exclaimed.

Pinkie Pie turned her head. In the doorway a one winged pegasus pony were standing with Fluttershy by her side. Rainbow Dashs face was formed in determination. She had taken an assault rifle from the schools customized armory that was hanging over her mane with it’s arm strap.

“I’ll protect the hacker and the others. You two go on ahead and finish this!” Rainbow Dash blasted.

“Do you know how to use that gun?” Pinkie Pie asked while holding the crying unicorn in her hooves.

Rainbow Dash looked down at the short stump that used to be her right wing.

“It’s not like i’ve had anything else to do the past hours.”

Pinkie Pie realized that it would be useless to try and talk Rainbow Dash out of finding a way to protect her friends.

“Same wise.” Raritys voice suddenly said. She appeared behind Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy.

“I heard what you said about me Pinkie Pie. And you’re right, I'm not much use with a gun in my hoof. But that doesn’t mean I don’t have some tricks up my sleeve, and it just so happens that I brought some sleeves with me before i got here.”

“Who would have guessed?!” Rainbow Dash boomed.

“Now, I have gathered some of my less needed gowns...” Rarity said as Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes. “...And iv’e re designed them into neatly hidden traps. Anypony who believes they will simply be walking down these corridors like taking a trot in the park is going to get the surprise of their lives!” Raritys beautiful white face bent in determination. Rainbow Dash turned around.

“Well, i for one am gonna have a ‘trot’ and scout the area for vantage points....oaaaaaaa!”

Pinkie Pie looked out of the doorway with the rest of the gang. She felt a smile form on her face.

In front of Pinkie Pie Rainbow Dash was wearing a dress, but not like any dress. She was wearing a human dress. It was white, almost like a wedding dress. Rainbow Dashs head protruded out of the left sleeve whilst her right hoof went out were the human head should be. She were hanging from the roof, bouncing up and down slightly. The eery abandoned school scenery in the background made it look like she had been captured by a ghost dress and, for some Celestia knows reason, the ghost dress had decided to go ‘Here. Try me on pony!’.

“Wait. Is this a human dress?!” Rainbow Dash asked incredulously.

“Yes of course it is, my darling trap tester there.” Rarity joked. The others laughed. Even Starlight had managed to light up behind her teary face.

“But why did you bring with you human dress? Aren't you a pony?!”

I always come PREPARED!” Rarity blasted proudly. The left arm of the ghost dress frowned.

“Guys!?” Apple Jack called via her walkie talkie.

“Yes Apple Jack.” MI6 agent Pinkie Pie answered.

Apple Jack was lying on her belly with her binoculars. Her face was formed in disbelief. She heard her friends arrive behind her.

“What is it Apple Jaaaaaaaaaah!” Fluttershy gasped as she caught sight of what Apple Jack saw.

In front of the gasping ponies a giant blimp were soaring toward the sky. It’s huge ballon was bigger than a football stadium. It carried a huge facility underneath it. At it’s end a giant antenna protruded.

“I guess we’ve found our transmitter.” Boris Grishenko said.

The blimp was still held to the ground by large steel wires.

“But how are we going to infiltrate that thing now?” Starlight asked. Her crying had stopped.

“Look, there.” Boris pointed at one of the wires. “It looks like that one leads to the area were the went system is.”

“I don’t understand. How are Ourumov going to position that thing to contact the Goldeneye satellite while the blimp is moving?” Starlight asked

“I don’t know, but I'm not ready to wait and find out if he’ve managed to find a way. Ourumov must be stopped at all cost.” Boris declared in his thick Russian accent. He turned to Starlight.

“Starlight, i heard you and Pinkie Pie said back there. And i...” Boris hesitated. An image of Natalya, the wife he never got to marry, sailed past inside his head. It helped him make up his mind. “...I think that you should go with the pony you love. I’ll hack Ourumovs system from here and see if i can't stall that thing.”

Starlight and Pinkie Pie looked at each other. A grin formed on Starlights face.

“What do you say Pinkie, shall we go and tear down Ourumovs treehouse?” Starlight asked meanly.

Pinkie Pie hesitated. She understood what Starlight said back there, but as she recalled Starlight crying in her mane her own feelings suddenly came into perspective. As much as she dreaded leaving Starlight alone she didn’t want to lose her either and this was really a mission for a trained agent.

Pinkie Pie lowered her head. Starlight grin faded slightly.

Pinkie Pie raised her head again. Slowly the reflecting light of the white snow revealed a grin on her pink face.

“Lets do this.” She said.

“Ready? On my count. Three... Two... One.” Ourumov turned the golden key at the same time as Alec turned his key. It was the same two golden keys that Ourumov had received from the major at the Severnaya station, seconds before his accomplice Xenia had turned it into a computerized tomb.

The Goldeneye key had been inserted into the main console. In front of them a world map showed a red dot over Moscow marking the satellites target. A bent line was running across the map. It now moved and lined with the red dot.

“Ready to fire in 15 minutes.” One of the technicians informed.

“No. I was gonna say that!” Another technician bickered.

“This isn’t Star Wars Charlie!” The first technician blasted.

“Soon, Ourumov, soon you will posses what has been rightfully yours all along.” Alec said.

“And soon you will have your revenge for the betrayal against your family. Soon the British will curse the day when they decided to cross a Trevelyan. Soon everyone is going to know your face, Alec.” Ourumov said. Alec turned his scarred appearance to Ourumov.

“Well, i doubt that anyone would want to remember this face.”

“People don’t know what they want.” Ourumov returned with a snarl.

Further away inside an abandoned school house a certain Russian hacker had successfully hacked into Ourumovs military system. The feedback he got wasn't good.

“Oh no. It is armed!” Boris exclaimed.

“Armed? How long do we have?!” Rarity asked.

“12 minutes!”

Raritys horn lit up. She used the spell Twilight taught her before she sent her into the movie. The transmission reached the alicorn watching in Equestria.

“Twilight? Did you hear that?” Rarity asked.

“I’m already on it!” Twilight exclaimed as she switched the transmission to Starlight. Behind her there were boys.

“Oh boy. Is this where the shit’s going down?!” Littlefoot wailed.

Peter Dinklage turned to Littlefoot.

“You know if you keep this up soon Universal Studios is going to sue Equestria for assassination of legal property.”

“Isn’t that what they always do?” Ash Ketchum sulked.

“Pika.” Pikachu muttered.

Back inside the movie the wind was blowing through the curly mane of Pinkie Pie. Behind her she had Starlight. They were scaling the steel wire by hurling themselves up with their hooves using smaller wires. The big wire swayed about by the wind as they went. Starlights reaction to Twilights information did not delay.

“What? But theres no time!” Starlight exclaimed, thinking about how much further they had before they even reached the air vent. “Isn’t there any way we can stall that thing?”

The school house on the ground responded.

“I’m already on it Starlight Glimmer.” Boris answered via Twilights communication. There were a cascade of keyboard pressing.

“Woa, you really know how to handle that machine Boris.” Rarity complimented.

Boris was way to deep inside his computer coded mind to answer Rarity. Suddenly he had a tinge of inspiration. He tried another approach. His eyes widened as there were no denial message anymore. He rose from his chair and fisted the roof with both his arms.

“Yes! I am INVINCIBLE!”

Raritys pupils diminished.

“So you are. Hehehe... hurm” Rarity pretended to cough. “What exactly are you invincible in?”

Inside the massive blimp people were finding out the hard way.

“Intrusion detected!” One of the technicians exclaimed.

“Intrusion?” Ourumov asked.

There were silence along with the pressing of a keyboard. The technician raised his arms.

“I don’t know. Iv’e been shut out of the system. My password don't work anymore.”

“I lost contact with the security cameras!” Another one shouted.

“The countdown has been halted!”

“Darn it, I was so close to high score!” Charlie blasted.

“Do we know where it comes from?” Ourumov asked as he and Alec approached the workers. Xenia Onatopp had now joined them.

“We pinpoint it somewhere on a nearby server. There are three houses in the vicinity.”

“And an abandoned school house.” Another one added.

Ourumov squinted his eyes. Password changes, countdown halted, security cameras hijacked, a workers gaming session interrupted. All within a minute. The name flowed through Ourumov and came out like hemorrhoids.

‘Boris Grishenko.’

And he is currently accompanied by...

A memory touches the back of Ourumovs head. In the memory he is holding a pistol against the head of a unicorn and tells the then MI6 agent Alec Trevelyan to throw down his weapon and walk towards him. Right beside Alec, Ourumov suddenly sees the head of a pink pony peak forth. Ever since that day that same pink pony had tormented him, ruined his plans and almost driven him to insanity. Her name made his head boil.

“Pinkie Pie.” He whispered darkly.

Xenia Onatopp watched Ourumov over his shoulders. She heard what he said. Her mind immediately went to Pinkie Pies programmer friend Starlight Glimmer. Xenia moaned. Her mind went back to the Trans Siberian Train carnage. She remember when she saw Trixies body jerk while swooping her uzi over her. Xenia was looking forward to experiencing Starlight Glimmers vengeance, the second before she putts a bullet inside her cute little unicorn head. Ourumov turned to his sergeant.

“Sergeant!” Ourumov adressed.

“Yes general!” The sergeant answered.

“Follow me!”

The general and the sergeant met alone around the corner. The admiral had his head raised high in salute as he received his orders.

“Send men down there. Spread out and search every house in the vicinity. Leave nopony alive!” Ourumov blasted.

The sergeants disciplined salute remained hard, his eyes sparkled with confusion.

“No pony, general?”

Pinkie Pie thrusted her left hoof forward and brought up her grappling hook. She switched it to steel cutting mode. The red laser shimmered like the steaks over Twilights mane as it burned the closed air went. She made a circle and kicked it inward.

Both ponies wore dark hoods as they made their way inside Ourumovs giant blimp. Pinkie Pies Q watch projected a small downloaded map of the air vent system that Boris had managed to steal digitally. All they needed to do was to find a way to the main console and either fry it with the Goldeneye still inside or steal the key itself.

Starlight Glimmer followed Pinkie Pie closely. Starlight felt her fear of narrow spaces slowly creep up on her. There were a sudden rumble. The air vent was filled with the sound of metal shaking. Starlight gasped. Her gasp resonated along the squared vent. Pinkie Pie wailed her head around. Her blue eyes between her hanging curly hair glared seriously at Starlight as the natural swaying of the blimp hitting air currents stopped. Before making it up to this skyward place Pinkie Pie had firmly instructed Starlight that there would be absolute silence. Only body language were to be used.

The ponies reached a dead end. Pinkie Pie cursed herself and bad construction blueprints. She turned to Starlight, who looked at her with worrying eyes. She turned her head as she heard footsteps outside. Pinkie Pie spotted a lid fastened by small screws. Pinkie Pie pressed a button on her Q watch, turning it into a magnet. She used it to loosen the screws.

Silently the both ponies stepped out of the air vent. Pinkie Pie looked to the left, then right. She heard another guard approaching around the corner. The corridor behind the ponies was long and offered no hiding and the guard would se the open vent if they tried to hide in there. Starlights eyes froze in horror whilst Pinkie Pies gained a dark determined appearance.

Pinkie Pie galloped forward. She rose on two hooves, thrusted her right hoof forward and received her silenced PPK from the sleeve contraption built into her Q suit. This ingenious invention allowed for the pony to switch between unhindered four hoof galloping and two hoof firing whilst keeping the belly free from things bumping into her legs.

The guard gasped and raised his assault rifle. Pinkie Pie pressed her hoof against his mouth, pushed the silencer underneath his body armor pulled the trigger three times. There were three small ‘piffs’ before the guard crumbled to the floor. Pinkie Pie then proceeded hiding the body inside the air vent. Starlight looked around nervously, her heart thumping at the notion that somepony might have heard something.

Pinkie Pie and Starlight Glimmer proceeded sneaking inside the Blimp facility. Their hooves they had silenced with soft Q made horseshoes. Starlight felt the entire construction sway as the big ballon outside reacted to the wind, although Starlight Glimmer had a feeling this Blimp would become more than air thick when all this was over.

The thick air ran through the light wings of the soaring pegasus pony. She took a deep breath. She could feel it’s freshness widen inside her throat. All her life Rainbow Dash had been flying. But why did it feel so rare now?

She gazed over at the horizon. Seagulls were calling over it’s blue line. She looked to her left. The blue feathers of her left wing swayed as they captured the sea breeze. She smiled and breathed in another fresh taste of life. She looked forward. She could now see the seagulls again. But was it seagulls? Did seagulls really have four legs? Her eyes squinted. Rainbow Dash gasped as she realized the truth.

‘Fire Streak! Soarin! Spit Fire!’

Rainbow Dash made a strong forward thrust to gain speed and catch up with her fellow wonderbolt colleagues. But did her left wing feel a little stiff? Rainbow Dash looked to her left again. The wing was flapping alright but the unmoving feathers revealed that it didn’t catch the wind the way it should. She tried to flapped even harder but for some reason her dear feathers didn’t seem to work. The wing disappeared from view as she lowered it. Once it came into view again she spotted a second wing. It was blue and it was blowing away limply with the wind. Rainbow Dash felt the horror creep up on her. Slowly, Rainbow Dash turned her head to the right. She raised her right human hand and stretched her five fingers.

Rainbow Dash flung her eyes open in panic. Her right wing hurt as she found herself in the waking world again.

“Aaaaaaah!” She moaned in pain.

“Rainbow Dash!” Fluttershy trotted up to her. “Rainbow Dash, are you alright?”

Rainbow Dash tried to stretch her right wing. It cut.

“GAAAAAAA!” She roared, tears forming in her eyes from the pain.

“It’s phantom pain Rainbow Dash. Remember, you don't have a right wing.” Fluttershy informed consequently.

Rainbow Dash looked to her right. Her eyes festered upon the short stub that ended with a bandage. Even though the pain had stopped her eyes widened in sadness. She looked down at her hooves. They still held the weapon that Pinkie Pie had informed her was an AKS 74, part of the Russian Kalashnikov family of assault rifles. She growled. Not from pain, but from determination. Even though she were useless as a pegasus she still needed to protect her friends at all cost. She felt Fluttershys hooves move over her back.

“Rainbow Dash.” Fluttershy said.

“Phantom pain?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Your body is trying to use something that it doesn’t have.” Fluttershy informed.

“Aaaaah!” It hurt again as Fluttershy reminded her of her missing right wing. “But how can something that i don't have hurt?”

“It is your brain that is sending you pain. You still have impulses to use your wing so your brain still cannot quite cope with it.”

Fluttershys eyes sparkled with worry as her voice grew firm.

“Rainbow Dash. I really think that you should be resting! I am not comfortable with you doing this. What if...?”

“Didn’t you hear what Pinkie Pie said?! Soon this place might be crawling with Ourumovs men. We’ll all be resting if we can't defend ourselves.”

“Of course. But you are putting way to much pressure on yourself!” Fluttershy grabbed Rainbow Dashs hoof and pleaded. “Please, let me help you.”

“You already have.” Rainbow Dash said softly and gazed into Fluttershys worrying eyes. “You saved my life Fluttershy. Without you i would never have been able to get out of bed. If you hadn’t...” Rainbow Dash wasn’t able to continue. Fluttershy had placed her hoof over her mouth. Fluttershy smiled before her face grew serious again.

“Just promise me that you’ll be careful. I know this is just a story in a video player, but it feels real to me. Promise me, Rainbow Dash!”

Rainbow Dash hesitated. She realized that a half answer would only anger Fluttershy. She closed her eyes. She thought about what Fluttershy meant to her, both as a friend and as something potentially more. Rainbow Dash imagined how she would feel if she lost Fluttershy. She opened her eyes again.

“I promise.” She answered softly.

Fluttershy immediately knew that she meant it. She smiled again.

Rainbow Dash had her back leaned against the wall. Above that same wall there was a window, an indoor variant. On the other side was the big playroom of the school. The playroom had a small plastic slide for human children along with old toys spread all over the floor. The room Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash were in was a sub area. Across the room to the right were the kitchen. To the left the door to the office gaped wide open. Inside Rarity and Boris could be seen in front of a computer

“You have to do better than that to outsmart Boris Grishenko.” Boris talked cocky to the computer as he moved his fingers.

Rarity laughed nervously and wailed her eyes around the room. Rarity was a social pony. Even though she knew it contained important information, to her talking into a screen seemed crazy. There were the sound of a small speaker receiving a signal.

“Girls!?” Apple Jack exclaimed.

“What is it Apple Jack?” Boris answered via his walkie talkie.

Outside in the cold Russian winter Apple Jack was shaking, proving once and for all that fear is colder than the freeze. Her horrified eyes festered at the scene of several heavily armed soldiers entering the front door.

“Girls. We got company!” She wailed.

“Give it to me.” Pinkie Pie urged in a whisper.

Starlight Glimmer had managed to teleport the Goldeneye key out from the main console. It was now crucial that the ponies made it out of there with it. They had also planted a bomb on a nearby fuel tank in case they ran out of other options.

Starlight had the Goldeneye hover toward Pinkie Pie.

“Hello Starlight.” A male voice greeted.

Starlight Glimmer froze. Pinkie Pie wailed around like a hurricane. Within a second she had her pistol equipped. Her eyes widened in disbelief.

“Alec?”

Starlight turned around. It was like the past itself had come so say hello. A large smile formed on her face.

“Alec? Alec! How glad i am to see you!” She exclaimed in a whisper.

“Hello ponies. I see you made your way here as well. Ourumov have to be stopped.” Alec whispered determined.

“What has happened to your face?” Starlight asked.

“It was that train bomb Starlight. Do you remember?”

Starlight eyes became dreamy. They lowered in sadness as all the memories returned to her.

“I’m sorry about Trixie Starlight. I wish i had done more to protect her. She was a fine unicorn.” Alecs sad eyes met Starlights, of which studied Alec.

Alecs face had scars all over the right side. But Starlights own scars after Trixies death were just as apparent, and seeing Alecs scars she felt like somepony understood her. Starlight smiled. She trotted toward Alec to fold her hooves around him.

“Wait Starlight.” Pinkie Pie whispered darkly. Starlight stopped and looked back at her. The moment she saw Pinkie Pies angry face she knew what she was thinking. Starlight went silent.

“What are you doing here Alec?” Pinkie Pie demanded.

“Listen ponies. I know this looks like a to big of a coincidence. But i am here as Ourumovs right hand man.”

“You don’t say.” Pinkie Pie said darkly.

“For days now iv’e gathered rebels from both Ukraine and Russia to fight for Ourumov. They all listen to everything i say.”

Starlight looked at Alec, then back at Pinkie Pie. She still had the Goldeneye hovering with her horn. Its orange core combined with Starlights blue magic made the core look like the sand on a sea bed. Alec continued.

“Listen ponies. I know that you have no reason to trust me. But me and my men are planning a hostile takeover of this vessel. But thanks to you two Ourumov is now looking for the Goldeneye. He is furious, he suspects that i stole it. We need Ourumov to find the Goldeneye key again and give my men some time to get into position, then we will outnumber him and we will be able to end this without any more bloodshed. Ourumov will then stand trial for his crimes in a Russian court.”

Starlight remembered all the times when she had to comfort Pinkie Pie for remembering the faces of the men that she had killed. She felt a tinge of inspiration in her heart thinking that this all could be solved without any more bloodshed. Pinkie Pie was still skeptical.

“Why has it taken so long for you to get to it?”

“I’ve needed Ourumov to gather all his followers in one place. Trust me ponies, we can do this! No one else needs to die. But i can’t return to Ourumov now without the Goldeneye key, otherwise i will have to launch the takeover early” Alec looked straight into Starlights eyes. “...I will be forced to turn this blimp into a bloodbath. Both my men and Ourumovs men will die.”

Starlight turned her head so that she neither faced Pinkie Pie or Alec Trevelyan. She shook it as she bounced between her emotions. Pinkie Pies face relaxed slightly but she still aimed at Alec.

“Why didn’t you contact MI6?”

“Ever since Ourumov rescued me from the train tracks he’s had me under 24 hour surveillance. I’m so sorry, i truly wish that i’ve been able to contact you earlier but i simply could not risk it at the time.”

Starlight looked at Alec again. His eyes glimmered in sadness. His divided face put a man torn between heaven and hell into focus. Starlight didn’t want to cause this poor man any more suffering.

Pinkie Pie lowered her pistol. Starlight trotted up to Alec, looking at his sad eyes as she went.

“Then we’ll help you.” Starlight Glimmer said determined, remembering when she helped Alec blow up the facility at the very beginning of their adventure.

“Would appreciate it. I need all the help that i can get.” Alec said as a smile formed on his face. Starlight felt her face mirror Alec.

Starlight had the Goldeneye hover over to him. He reached out his hand and grabbed it. He put it away underneath his jacket.

Starlight watched Alecs smile remain static, turning it more and more insincere. Starlight felt her face drop along with her heart. She turned around and saw a shadow slam something hard at the back of Pinkie Pies head. She gasped and crumbled to the ground.

“NO!” Starlight wailed.

She felt pain when something sharp suddenly stuck her at the side of her flank. It was a poison arrow. She wailed her heart broken face toward Alec again, catching a small glimpse of his regretful eyes before the world went dark.

Slowly the group made there way toward the upper floor of the old school house. So far the search had turned out nothing for Ourumovs elite force. But this was only a small portion of them. All the others were searching the nearby houses. Hopefully they would be getting some loot from the weak elderly people living there. It would be nice to open a glass of champaign before they begun their quest to end the treacherous government of Russia.

The only regret so far was that they had to stand out with the petty rebels. But they had been hand picked to be Ourumovs honorary guard. As soon as the Russian government had fallen the rebels help would be outdated and they would all be able to tell those peasants to dig themselves back into the hole of which they came.

The door slided open. The man in front leaned around the doorframe and turned on the flashlight of his rifle. The light revealed a short corridor with a large playroom at the end. Toys and plastic balls were spread all over the floor along with a small slide.

The wall to the side of the corridor was filled with old children drawings of animals, looking nothing like the animals drawn. There were a plastic toy crane in the middle of the room that had been placed underneath some small wooden boxes with colored letters on them. Apparently someone had imagined constructing something before they were forced to leave this place to time. Only an A was missing from the letters to spell ‘Death’.

The soldier up front proceeded walking along the short corridor toward the main room while five of his colleagues were following him. As he entered the big playroom he spotted toys laying along a wall shelf at the end of the room. There were one doll, one plastic carrot and one small red and blue ball. Above the shelf there was a indoor window leading into to a sub area. A lamp could be seen peaking out from the window along with a fuzzy ball in the colors of the rainbow.

There were the sound of a wire snapping. A dress fell down. A long metal object rolled over the floor.

“FLASHBANG!” A soldier shouted before the blast came. The world went black as the soldiers eyes blinded.

The fuzzy rainbow ball behind the window rose, revealing a blue face with determined sapphire eyes. She aimed her AKS 74 at the blinded soldiers.

Rainbow Dash felt the military grade rifle shake violently against her hoof. The guards closest to her screamed and crumbled to the floor. She heard Fluttershy gasp beside her as she hid in the corner. Rainbow Dash saw three more soldiers along the short corridor fall while two more retreated through the door.

Her rifle clicked and stopped firing. As instructed by Pinkie Pie Rainbow Dash bent down behind her cover and pushed a button at the side of the rifle. The magazine fell out. She put in a new one and slapped the thing, causing the spring to click into place again.

She leaned out and proceeded keeping the soldiers at bay. She saw one soldier run out of the door and into another room. They were trying to flank her. The one’s behind the main door returned fire. Rainbow Dash heard the wall under her slam by the bullets.

Rainbow Dash made her way into cover again by making a turning motion. She used her right wing to make up for the weight of the rifle. There was a cutting explosion of phantom pain.

“GAAAAAA!” Rainbow Dash screamed and dropped her rifle.

Fluttershy though she might faint when she heard Rainbow Dash scream. She breathed a sigh if relief once she realized that it was only the phantom pain. The calmness quickly vaporized as she heard the advancing footsteps of the soldiers.

Fluttershy suddenly realized that this could be the position of which she saw Rainbow Dash crumble to the ground in a forming pool of blood. Fluttershy forgot all her fear. She galloped forward, grabbed the pistol Rainbow Dash had, leaned her yellow hoof out of the indoor window and started raining blind fire.

Rarity was shaking in panic as she watched Fluttershy try and keep the soldiers at bay alone. Se saw two of the soldiers approach her cover from the side, about to get a clear shot of her. Rarity threw her eyes toward the pistol lying on the table along with a shotgun. She wasn’t sure what went through her mind but suddenly she found herself walking on two hooves, her pistol she fired at the soldiers trying to flank Fluttershy.

“ROAAAAA!” She roared while watching the first soldier scream and fall backwards. The second one returned fire. Rarity heard his bullets said right past her head. She proceeded emptying her magazine. The last soldier jerked and fell sideways while the wall behind him splattered with blood. Rarity grabbed the shotgun. She saw Fluttershy lean out of cover wielding Rainbow Dashs AKS 74. Rarity suddenly heard a window shatter behind her.

“Rarity! Watch out” Boris shouted from his office chair. Rarity threw herself to the ground once the grappling soldier outside created a draft of bullets. Boris grabbed his pistol, leaned his hand around the corner and pulled the trigger. The soldier screamed and fell down to the snowy ground outside.

Fluttershy was reloading her rifle when she heard the sound of a window smashing. A soldier grappled into the room. Fluttershy gasped and dropped her magazine. She wished her animals good bye once she saw the soldier aiming at her. There was a cracking sound in the window glass. The soldier gurgled and crumbled to the ground.

“Apple sauce! Sorry human, but you threatened my friends.” Apple Jack stated as she saw the soldier inside the room crumble through her sniper scope.

Apple Jack proceeded pulling the pin of her rifle. She saw one guy trying to grapple the window below while another one was keeping watch. She aimed slightly above the mouth of the soldier and pulled the trigger. Her silenced rifle made a ‘piff’ sound before the bullet hit the soldier in the chest. She then aimed at the grappling soldier who fell to the ground once Apple Jack had bucked her last Apple for the day. At least she hoped so.

Rarity wailed out of cover. She felt the shotgun bump against her hooves as she fired. All around her the playroom was filled with flying lead projectiles and the roaring sound of automatic weapons and the pumping of her shotgun. The small plastic slide in the middle of the room shattered. The plastic balls lying on the ground were tossed sideways, deflating while flying through the air. The drawings of deformed ponies and the animals was replaced with big holes as Rarity tried her best to control the spread coming from her pump action shotgun. Rarity caught a glimpse of the empty kitchen at the other side of the corridor of which the soldiers suppressed Fluttershy.

“Cover me!” Rarity blasted.

Fluttershy laid down a rain of bullets toward the corridor. The guards took cover. Rarity galloped past and threw herself on the floor inside the kitchen. She aimed at the wall. She fired three shots, the hard walls of the kitchen resonating with the pumping of her shotgun. Large holes formed through the wall. She heard screams on the other side along with soldiers tumbling down the stairs.

Apple Jack aimed. She shot one soldier that tried to run around the school. She though she saw several soldiers throw something through the upper floor windows.

“Oh no!” She wailed.

Suddenly the play room started filling with thick smoke. Fluttershy still heard Rainbow Dash scream in pain below her. She heard soldiers advancing ahead. The smoke reached Fluttershys lounges. She started coughing. Her eyes watered. She raised her head and caught glimpse of a face wearing some kind of mask. She felt arms grab hold of her and violently pull her over the indoor window.

“Rainbow Dash!” She wailed.

Rainbow Dash watched in horror as Fluttershy disappeared over the window. Feeling the phantom pain burning Rainbow Dash growled.

“Rainbow Dash! Help!” She heard Fluttershy scream.

Rainbow Dashs growling remained, but as she heard Fluttershy cry it changed reason for existing. She rose and hurled herself over the window, screaming in pain while her body tried to use her non existing right wing for the hurl. She galloped through the thick smoke and caught glimpse of man beating Fluttershy with his rifle. She heard Fluttershys small cute voice gasp in pain. This along with the phantom pain put Rainbow Dash in a black state of fury. She jumped forward and rammed the soldier with her head.

“Huh!” She heard him gasp.

Rainbow Dash threw himself over him. The soldier pulled out a pistol and aimed at her. Rainbow Dash leaned forward and bit hard. She heard the soldier scream while she raised her head and spit out his bloody finger into thick smoke. She grabbed his pistol and put three rounds in his chest, the blood around her mouth flashed along with the muscle of the gun. She wailed around and dropped another soldier coming through the smoke. There was another soldier appearing from the smoke like some kind of derailed stage show. Rainbow Dash aimed her pistol at him. The gun clicked. She saw the soldier aim his gun at Fluttershy. Rainbow Dash threw herself over Fluttershy and used her own body as a shield.

“Im sorry Fluttershy. I love you!” She exclaimed and closed her eyes.

The soldier rose into the air. He was tossed halfway across the room. Rainbow Dash saw a large arm reach out and grab another soldier.

“Oaaaah!” The soldier screamed while he sailed right over Rainbow Dashs head and smashed into a cupboard.

Jaws big iron teeth sparkled through the thick smoke. He grabbed one soldiers weapon. He had him watch as he bent the gun pipe sideways with his fists. The soldier laughed nervously before turning around and strolling away like a little girl.

Rainbow Dash felt herself calm down. She looked down and caught sight of Fluttershys goggly eyes. She felt regret grab hold of her. Tears filled her eyes over her bloodied face.

“Fluttershy. I’m so sorry that you had to see me like that. This face, this isn’t me...” Fluttershy suddenly pressed her lips against hers. She closed her eyes, feeling love embrace her as she heard Jaws drive away the last soldiers. I’t didn’t matter what her face looked like. Fluttershy could still se Rainbow Dash behind it.