Rainbow Dash woke up with a start. The room was dark, meaning she woke up rather early compared to the normal. She silently climbed out the bunk bed she slept on and tried her best not to wake Pinkie, who was sleeping under her. She quietly clicked on her mechanical wing as she stepped out of the room, walked out of the cabin and onto the porch. She took out a cigar and a lighter and proceeded to light the cigar. She brought it to her mouth and inhaled before taking it out again and blowing out a small cloud of smoke.
"Looks like Ah'm not the only one that woke up early." a voice said behind her.
Rainbow Dash turned to see Applejack walking out of the cabin door.
"Seems so." she answered as Applejack stepped up beside her.
The two stood in silence for some minutes as they watched the early morning sky. Some stars were still visible and they were still able to see a few constellations. The silence was soon broken by Applejack.
"Why are you still keeping this up?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" Rainbow Dash asked back with a questioning expression.
"Why are you still fighting even with all those wounds? Why haven't you stopped? You've gotten so many deep wounds, both physically and emotionally, yet you're still fighting." Applejack clarified.
Rainbow Dash thought over the question as she put a finger on the top of the scar on her left eye and let her finger slide down to the bottom of it as memories of better times filled her head. Specifically those when there was still six of them and not five.
"If Twilight was still here she would keep fighting. I am the element of loyalty and I made a vow to win this war to avenge her death. That's why I won't give up!" Rainbow Dash said as her eyes returned to the sky.
A few minutes later she spotted something moving in the sky. She narrowed her eyes, but couldn't make out what it was due to both the dark and the distance. She entered the cabin and came out again with a pair of binoculars and used them to get a better look at what the cloud-like shape in the sky was. When she got a good look she threw the binoculars, stormed inside and set off the alarm.
"CHANGELING SWARM COMING OUR WAY!!!" she shouted at the top of her lungs as the rest of the soldiers inside jumped out of bed and prepared for battle.
Within just a few minutes the group was charging towards the swarm and Rainbow Dash began shouting out orders.
"Squad two follow Pinkie! Squad one with me!" she shouted as she took to the sky.
The swarm in question was led by Void Blade. The Changeling Kingdom's most feared warrior. Rainbow Dash pulled out two blades and met him head on. The two collided with so much force that they stayed elevated for a few seconds before they began to fall towards the ground. Rainbow Dash delivered a kick to free herself from his grasp and made a loop before flying at full speed towards him. Void Blade made a quick maneuver to dodge the attack and he proved successful and Rainbow Dash missed. Before she could as much as think of attacking, Void Blade was pushing her towards the ground at full speed. It was too late for her to try to escape and the two crashed into ground, creating a crater in the process. Rainbow Dash had been lucky as the ground was largely made out dirt and sand on top, so the impact wasn't as bad as it could've been. She forced herself up again as she saw Void Blade about to fly away to join the big fight a few hundred meters away.
'Seems like commander Shining Armour was right. He really DOES underestimate his enemies.' she thought as she pulled out a bayonet and in one swift motion, cut his wings clean off.
He shouted in pain as he fell onto his knees. He turned around to see Rainbow Dash standing over him with a bayonet covered in green blood and his wings lying on the ground.
"Why you little! I'll rip your head off for this!!" he screamed in rage and tackled Rainbow to the ground.
He pulled out a big combat knife and repeatedly tried to stab Rainbow in the head with it, but she moved her head out of the way every time. She eventually got the upper hand and stabbed him in the gut with her bayonet. She pulled it out and stabbed him a few more times and he fell onto the ground as green blood oozed out of the wounds. Rainbow Dash watched him for a few moments before she turned around to leave, but suddenly a gunshot echoed through the valley and she fell over as she saw a gunshot wound in her leg. she turned onto her back to see Void Blade walking towards her as he clutched his gut with one hand, while the other hand was holding a .44 Magnum revolver. He came up to her and shot her a few more times in her legs to further incapacitate her before he pointed the gun at her head.
"You underestimate your enemies as well it seems." he said as he pulled down the hammer of the gun. "Say hello to Twilight for me."
Pinkie hadn't been in a more intense battle since the first one she fought in. The adrenaline was going through the roof as she tackled down a changeling and stabbed his throat with a hunting knife. The changeling shook as blood poured out of his neck and mouth. His shaking soon stopped and his body went still. She pulled out the knife before she stood up and rushed further onto the battlefield. She ducked down as a changeling came flying towards her and she lifted her knife into the air. The changeling was cut open on the blade and fell dead to the ground. Pinkie put the knife into the scabbard as a small smile appeared on her face.
'Think that should qualify as "kill of the week."' she thought and looked over to the direction she had seen Rainbow had crashed with the leader of the swarm. 'I hope you're okay Dashie' after that she pulled a M44 Rifle from her back and fired away.
Rainbow Dash's face was covered in blood, but it wasn't her blood. The blood was green and she was still alive. She looked to her left to see Void Blade's dead body lying on the ground with a bullet wound going through his head. She crawled over to his body and looked at the wound.
'A sniper.' she thought as she pulled the 44 Magnum out of his hand. 'At least something good came out of this.' she thought as she took a bandage she found in one of Void Blade's back pockets and used them to cover up her wounds. She took his holster for the magnum and put it on so she was able to carry the revolver.
She checked her wings and found them still usable, but before she took flight she noticed something in Void Blade's uniform. When she took it out she smiled before proceeded to fly away, unaware that someone was watching her from the bushes.
