Sunset

The sky was darkened, inky black. Dust and dirt swirled in the air, and the hills were desolate near the Crystal Empire. The empire hadn't sparkled and shined for five months, and all of Equestria was feeling how awful it was.

A harking feeling filled the hearts of ponies who knew of the Equestria before this, a time before the blackness and hate.

And for Battle Surgeon Goldenrod Sugar, that feeling always filled her heart.

Two lines faced each other on a once grassy plain, glaring at each other under a cliff face that overlooked the plain. On the left were heavily armored ponies with a green sheen in their eyes. The soldiers of King Sombra. On the right was the soldiers of Equestria, wearing golden armor and purple and red plumes on their helmets. In front of the crowd of ponies on the right was Shining Armor, wearing a brilliant set of armor. And on the left side, was King Sombra.

Shining Armor glared at King Sombra, then yelled as loud as he could, “Charge!” and a whole crowd of ponies rushed at King Sombra’s army, yelling loudly and brandishing weapons, from magic to swords, to machine guns.

In the back of the charge was Goldenrod Sugar, galloping behind the army, with white saddlebags with red crosses on them. She also had a small pistol in her saddlebag loop, just in case. She yelled loudly and charged behind along with Nurse Redheart and other surgeons and nurses. She looked up and saw a squadron of Wonderbolts flying above the group, zooming in to attack. She got a glimpse of Paris and A.J., Paris’ flying hamster, and first hamster (or other creature instead of a type of pony) Wonderbolt.

The Wonderbolts flew over the army, and then shot down close the ground, and started to attack the army of King Sombra, brandishing swords and small guns. They worked on taking out the first wave of on the ground soldiers, as the army of Equestria advanced on the army of King Sombra.

But King Sombra’s army had their own aerial fighters too. A large group of Pegasi rose from the top of the overhanging cliff face and started to dive bomb the Wonderbolts and Equestrian army.

Goldenrod looked up and saw a masked pegasus divebomb her, and she swerved out of the way. She looked behind her and saw a cloud of dirt go up as the pegasus hit the ground.
When the cloud of dust and dirt disappeared, she saw a broken pegasus, with its wings all mangled and legs and neck bent funny. Goldenrod wished she could help it, but she had to keep galloping.

The battle was already in full swing. Pony vs pony, clashing and harming each other. It was a brutal and pain filled sight, but Goldenrod had a job to do. She saw a pony in gold armor on the ground, bleeding heavily from her leg. Goldenrod cantered up to her, and pulled out a sterile cloth and rubbing alcohol to sterilize the wound. She then took a needle and stitched up the wound, and wrapped it in a bandage. The pony leaped to her feet and raced back into battle.

Goldenrod looked up and saw another aerial soldier of King Sombra, and she saw the bullet coming her way. But she didn’t have any time to react. She felt a burning and tearing feeling in her lower abdomen, and she fell to the ground in shock.

Everything got fuzzy, and Goldenrod heard the shouts of Nurse Redheart and the pounding of her heart. Then, everything was coated in a wash of black.