The Return of the Reaper of Life
Interlude - 2 - Rainbow Dash (REWRITTEN 06/04/2021)
Previous ChapterNext ChapterThe train had been quite since Applejack had told the others her story. With everyone trying to process what they had been told the only sound that could be heard was the tracks moving under the train car. As the six sat together Rainbow looked over to Twilight and opened her mouth before closing it and looking away only to take a deep breath and look at Twilight. "Uh, hey Twilight I just thought of something." She said hesitantly.
"What is it Rainbow?" Twilight asked still reading the book that she had pulled from her bag not paying attention to her friend.
"Just out of curiosity what would the name Caelus Atlas Uranus be in that book of yours?" Rainbow asked.
Twilight stopped reading and turned to look at her friend confused. "Rainbow why do-"
"Just check ok?" Rainbow said interrupting her friend. "I gotta be sure before I say what I'm thinking."
Twilight sighed and turned back to the book mumbling a few things and flipping through it trying to find the name. "Caelus... Atlas... Uranus... If the book is correct then that would translate to Heaven World Sky. Why do you as-wait Rainbow where did you hear that name?" She asked as she looked at the uncomfortable Pegasus.
Rainbow hesitated before replying. "It was from my dad; you know Commander Hurricane right?" she asked.
Twilight and the others nodded. "Commander Hurricane, the High Commander of The Pegasus Empire military during but the Discord Era and early Unification Era." Twilight said calmly "She is known as one of the greatest warriors of both the Discord era and the Unification Era."
"And what was her full name?" Rainbow asked.
"Commander Hurricane's full name and title was Lady Hurricane Dash... wait..." Twilight trailed off realizing what Rainbow was saying.
Rainbow sighed. "Ya, she's like my great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, grandmother or something." She said causing Rarity to faint and Rainbow to groan.
"Look that's not the point!" Rainbow exclaimed. "The thing is my dad use to tell me this story about how Hurricane once meet a stallion named Caelus Atlas Uranus at this tavern and how she gained all her powers. The guy appeared to be drunk and claimed that he was the master of the sky and that no one could defeat him as long as he flew in them. Of course Hurricane over hears this and challenges the guy to a duel one on one. Caelus accepts the challenge saying that if they fight and she wins that he will give her a gift that would make her the greatest Pegasus to ever live.
However Hurricane didn't fall for the bait and asked what would happen if she lost to which he replied that if she lost with in the first five minutes that he would take her wings, but if she survived longer than five minutes then it would depend on how impressed he was.
Now a Pegasus without wings is literally nothing but despite the great risk Hurricane accepted and the two went to battle. Despite Hurricanes skill she wasn’t able to land a single attack on him and every hit he delivered was so precise that it seemed impossible for her to win.
But even though she was clearly out classed in both skill and speed she managed to lasted almost seven minutes before she was taken down, as the lay there defeated and awaiting the stallion to take her wings he instead approached her and his form shifted from the rags he had worn to a set of heavy silver and bronze armor with a sky blue cape. His wings grew and turned as blue as the sky at noon as his hands crackled with magic as if it were lightning. "I am Caelus Atlas Uranus, the Alicorn of the Heavens, Son of Moirai Physis and Aion Erebus." He declared to her as he extended a hand to help her up.
As she took it he raised her he said, "You have impressed me Hurricane Dash. While you did not defeat me you stood against me longer than any mortal has and for that the winds shall always answer your call, the weather shall obey you as if you were me. May your decedents use this gift with honor, now go and build me a city in my domain one that all races of the air may call home." With that he vanished.
After that day Hurricane became the most feared commander of the Pegasus Empire and after the three tribes united she founded the construction of a city that was only for the races of the air such as the Pegasus and Griffon. The city became known as Cloudsdale and she was awarded a noble title that made her the duchess of Cloudsdale."
As Rainbow finished her story the group stared in shock. However Twilight was sitting in confusion. "This doesn't make any sense!" She exclaimed, startling her friends.
"Um, what's wrong Twilight? I-if you don't mind me asking that is." Fluttershy asked in concern.
"This is the second Alicorn that has never been mentioned in the history books and if that's the case then are there more?!" Twilight exclaimed shocked the others. "Just how many Alicorns are there?" Twilight asked as she deflated in her seat. As the other five looked at each other with concern.
Author's Note
Here is an image of what Caelus Atlas Uranus's armor looks like:

