Soldiers: Skyfall

Dispatcher: 001, what is your emergency?

Unidentified foal estimated to be approximately 4 years old: The monsters from my closet took mommy and daddy. *cries*

Dispatcher: I'm sorry who took your parents? What's your name sweet heart?

Foal: D-Dewdrop and the monsters from my closet took mommy and daddy. *crying continues*

Dispatcher: Alright Dewdrop everything's going to be okay, can you tell me what happened?"

(Log shows Dispatch began tracing the call)

Foal: The monster got put of my closet and was in the backyard....mommy grabbed me as dad got in his special case I'm not allowed to touch....it...it broke the back door....mommy put me in the cabinet under the sink in the bathroom and told me to be quiet...I hear a lot of loud bangs as mommy closed the bathroom door and I hear mommy screaming for daddy and then it was quiet......I came put and mommy and daddy were gone....

(Log shows trace was complete and the call was coming from 143 Strawberry Lane in Vanhoover)

Dispatcher: Alright, I'm going to send a Keeper over to get you okay? You'll be safe with-- *the sound of shattering glass*

Unknown Voice on Dispatcher side: what the hell is that!?

*energy discharge*
*gunshots*

Foal: Hello? Mrs Keeper lady? Hello?

*several gunshots and energy discharges are heard*

*line disconnects on Dispatcher side*

--Recording recovered from the burned out remains of Vanhoover Dispaching Office 4.

Date: August 9th, 1666 CC
Time: 09:54
Name: Prism
Location: Baltimare University

Baltimare University was one of the top schools in Equestria not too far behind Celestia's School for Gifted unicorns but in a more general sense than magical. Some very bright minds had walked through the university’s halls and the school prided itself on that record that had stood for several centuries.

Now the grounds of learning had smoke rising from several areas and the sound of gunfire echoed across the campus as what little security there was, was engaged with something they had never been trained for much less equipped for, many of the security abandoned their posts and fled to save themselves as other remained to either try and evacuate students or defend the school.

Prism was one such student, a freshmen who had only moved into the dorms a week ago and didn't know the campus well as the earth pony mare ran through one of the Halls having abandoned the lecture hall when one of those hulking things came through one of the doors, the professor had locked the doors and shut the lights off trying to keep everyone calm when the first signs of trouble had been noticed. Prison wasn't even sure if he’d made it out or how many others had not. Prism had been lucky to be near the other door so had made it out.

She’d not seen much of it, only that it was big and had some sort of armor along with a weapon before she ran, lucky the doors could open from the inside when locked.

She soon reached the door to the hall and ran out with other students into a warzone, not far from where the door let out was the burning wreck of a campus security vehicle, Prism wasn't even sure if anyone was around it as she ran past the group shed been with scattering in all direction to try and find somewhere safe to go, where was safe when gunfire came from every direction and she could see more of those hulking things scattered across the massive courtyard attacking students and security alike?

As she ran she heard something even louder than the single shot from the security guard pistols, the sound of automatic weapons joining the sounds of battle.

As she took cover in an alcove that led to a janitor's room, the door locked so she could get in, she paused to try and catch her breath, shed not exactly been the most athletic as her focus had been on her studies of light based magics. She brushed her gray mane from her eyes as she gulped down air,

It was here she saw something that helped lessen the fear, a mare in dark green armor armed with an automatic weapon, an EDF soldier.

The trooper found her cowering against the door trying to make herself as small as possible. “Hey, hey you hurt?” The mare asked and when Prism shook her head the trooper nodded. “Good, come on, we got to get to the evac point.” she said, helping pull Prism from the ground.

There were 2 other students with the mare and she turned and headed roughly the same direction Prism had been running before she needed to stop to get air.

Prism followed along with the other two terrified students as they weaved their way through the campus. Trooper passing them heading the opposite direction.

Soon they took cover beside an overturned security buggy used to drive along the paths the cars couldn't go. They had found 2 others making their group 5 college students and a trooper.

“Alright, we are almost there just need to cross the next courtyard.” She said, “Everyone ready?” When the group gave their confirmation the mare turned and stepped out to lead them to safety.

A blast of blue energy struck the trooper from the side and the smell of burned fabric metal and flesh filled the air as the energy burned through the trooper ballistic vest to find the soft flesh under it and burning into that as well.

As the trooper went down, not even having time to let out a sound before she was dead the 5 students scattered all of them running for their lives.