Twilight and her friends examined the damage left by the Storm Creatures after their attack on the Festival of Friendship.

"We may have gotten the Storm King's staff, but it's not enough to repair what the Storm King has done." Twilight said.

"We just have to be careful." Rainbow Dash said. "Besides, they have to deal with the pony who did the Sonic Rainboom!"

"I understand how it was necessary to bring us all together, but is it really a god-defining moment?" A unicorn guard with a white coat and black mane said. "Oh look! Rainbow Dash is a goddess! Oh look, we want to be like her and end up hurting ourselves in the process. Point is, the Sonic Rainboom is not a moment for worship. We should not treat Rainbow Dash like a goddess."

"Uh, why would we exist without her?" Another guard added. "The Mane Six saved us from Nightmare Moon, Tirek, Queen Chrysalis, reformed Discord, and just defeated the Storm King! And it was all thanks to Rainbow Dash for saving Equestria. She is a goddess! Not literally, though."

The unicorn guard hoof-palmed.

"When I was growing up, I didn't let my ego get the best of me. I was focused, I only took this job because it paid well and supported me and my sister."

Rainbow Dash arrived to stop the argument.

"Chillax, after all, as the element of loyalty, I wouldn't call myself a goddess."

The guard stared at her.

"Have you ever thought of your behavior? You six are not behaving like the elements like you once were. I saw you at the execution. You seem to take glee in murdering high-ranking members of the Storm King's army! And then what? You open up a school in which you take pride in the fall of the Storm King. I saw the terror in many of the Storm King's army's eyes.

Pinkie Pie gushed.

"Uh oh. Looks like we have a party pooper!"

The guard groaned.

"Screw this, I'm outta here!"

He left to join the other guards on their daily march.

"Don't mind Gusty." The guard who argued with him said. "He's just always grumpy."

The group held their breath as they walked across the rooftops, using wooden planks as bridges, and the safe-zone soldiers to take out creatures hiding within the infected.

"Oh my god, there's a lot of them." whispered Max.

"Keep moving." Peter said.

As Peter was about to finish crossing the plank, someone got in the way.

"Going somewhere?" A hyperactive hippogriff said.

"Gah! Silverstream!" Leon yelled.

"I knew you as the ones who killed Gallus." Silverstream said. "Now, I take my revenge!"

Silverstream flew up to Peter to scratch his face. Peter reached behind his back to grab his knife. He stabbed Silverstream in the stomach. The latter was tossed overboard and smashed down on the ground below. Peter continued onward.

"Ok, we're clear."

"Peter..." Leon said. "You just..."

"Are you guys gonna go or not?" Peter asked.

The group got across the building safely. As they climbed down the ladder, the group found themselves behind the infected.

"Okay, follow me." Peter said.

The group soon arrived at the bus station in the safe zone. Then he saw it, one of the buses had loudspeakers attached on top of it along with Christmas lights for added measure.

"Here's everything you planned, Peter." One of the soldiers for the safe-zone said.

"Okay, everybody get on."

As the group boarded onto the bus, the soldier drove towards the infected.

"Hit it."

As the music played, the infected all stopped heading to Esme's office and turned towards the bus. The infected were all now heading towards the bus.

"Okay, let's go."

The bus drove slowly away, with all the infected following them. This exposed the creatures hiding within the horde, allowing the soldiers to finish them off.

"That was easy!" One of the soldiers said.

"Yeah, let's just hope that Peter can lead the infected away." Esme said.

"Okay, speed up so that the infected can't catch up to us but slow down so that they can hear the music." Peter ordered.

The soldier looked through the rearview mirror to find unlikely followers.

"Guys, we have a problem..."

Peter opened one of the windows of the bus to see pegasi, dragons, hippogriffs, griffons, changelings and other flying creatures sent after the bus.

"I got an idea." Peter said.

As the first wave of creatures landed on the bus, they raised their claws, talons, and whatever kind of fighting skill they had to destroy the speakers. The soldier simply turned up the volume. This shattered their eardrums as they fell overboard. Seeing their companions fallen, the creatures simply retreated.

"Ha! You can run, but you can't hide!" Neytiri teased.

"Guys..." Max said.

Another wave of creatures came from the front.

"Ambush!" Leon shouted.

"Speed up! Speed up!" Peter shouted.

The soldier drove the bus faster, running over an earth pony.

"I see it! I see it up ahead!" Neytiri said.

The group saw a large cliff up ahead. The soldier stopped just behind a couple feet. The group waited until the infected and the creatures arrived. The creatures arrived first, landing onto the loudspeakers. The soldier turned up the volume again, sending the creatures fleeing. Then the infected arrived. The soldier turned off the music as everyone huddled for impact. The infected simply went around the bus and over the cliffside. The group did not get up until the infected noises died down.

"I think they're gone..." Peter said.

The group watched the infected fall into the ocean below.

"We did it!" Neytiri cheered.

"Yeah..." Leon said. "Let's go check on the others."

Everyone regrouped with each other back at the safe-zone. As everyone shared their victory in dealing with the horde, their planner was met with unanimous praise.

"We're not out of the woods yet. We got to rescue Newton." Peter said.

"But where is the castle Twilight's using to marry Newton?" Max asked.

"That's a question they need to answer." Esme said.

Peter saw behind Esme a line of prisoners the soldiers have captured.

"This is the Hessian army all over again..." One soldier said.

Peter went up to the first prisoner and glared at him.

"Where is Twilight's castle?"

Author's Note

Better late than never, right?