Equestrian War

In the conference room, everyone met in the morning to talk about how they would rescue the other six of Twilight’s friends from the strongholds. Flurry had a brilliant idea to approach the strongholds slowly and to attack after night fell.

Everyone agreed and prepared to head for the South Luna Ocean. Once they had boarded a submarine, they set off to save Rainbow Dash. The sub cut cleanly and swiftly through the water, and they slowed down as the stronghold came up on their radar.

Twilight and Flurry were suited up in scuba gear and ready to swim, but the door had to be blown open. Luna aimed a targeting reticle at the door and released a torpedo. The door was obliterated, and bubbles went everywhere. Twilight and Flurry quickly swam to the opening and helped to get the sub in a stable position. A docking tunnel was extended to keep excess water from flowing in. The explosion had killed the guards, but that did not matter. Once they had gotten Dash out of the tank, they took her back to the base immediately. They had planned to revive all six at the same time, but they did not realize that Fluttershy was already awake. They set off to rescue her the next day.

After killing one guard and restraining the other, Twilight revealed herself.

“Tell that Admiral Neighsay of yours that the Flame of Friendship is burning again.” she hissed in his face.

“Aunt Twilight, do you hear that?” Flurry asked.

Twilight perked up her ears and caught the sounds of gurgling and hooves beating on glass. Rushing into the containment room, they were astonished. Fluttershy had woken up and was beating frantically on the tank wall in panic. Twilight opened it promptly and Fluttershy fell to the floor with a SPLASH! She could not see well and was coughing and sputtering. Twilight sedated her to keep Fluttershy from hurting herself.

Shining Armor rappelled into the Ghastly Gorge the next night to rescue Starlight Glimmer. Security at this stronghold was tighter, but Shining easily fought off the guards, leaving them injured terribly. It was a long journey through the San Palomino Desert to save Rarity. Everyone was nearly dehydrated, but they pressed on.

Rescuing Applejack in the Forbidden Jungle was a pretty hike, but they ended up needing to slash through the thick foliage and vines with machetes. Her stronghold had vines reaching in and hanging from the ceiling. Since the stronghold where Pinkie was held was near a dormant volcano, Twilight and Flurry had to put on heat-resistant suits to stay cool. They got Pinkie out just in time because the ground began shaking violently as the volcano erupted. They revived Twilight’s friends the following week and brought them together. Upon hearing what had happened, all of the friends became SEVERELY CROSS.

They thought that Neighsay should be killed ASAP, but Celestia said that they would arrest him and then sentence him to death. Everyone agreed that this was a better approach. Meanwhile, the guard that was given the message had reached Canterlot, but he fainted outside the gates due to exhaustion.