“EVERYONE MOVE NOW WHILE WE STILL CAN!” Avatar princess Twilight Sparkle shouted as she and a few others were organising everybody onto the ladder to the evacuation ship hovering above them in the Apple Family farm outside of Ponyvile. Moments ago they were attacked by Timberwolves and whilst normally they didn’t bother the people of ponyvile because of the mysterious “Plague Rock” many changes how occurred over the past months from the change in atmosphere to the native wild life, which apparently included the Timberwolves as well.

Since the evacuation ship came here only to carry the residents to Canterlot it came with only six-man guard detail, normally such a small force could easily be overwhelmed by the numbers they faced moments ago but for some reason the Timberwolves ran away not that Twilight was complaining.

As she helped the last evacuee onto the ladder followed by the guards Twilight took a moment to survey the place she had called home for so long. Gone was the clear blue sky of the old days instead grey-green tinted clouds cover over the landscape whilst the town the princess had come to love was patched by the green crystal of the plague rock.

A sudden surge of pain shook Twilight out of her daydreaming, turning around to her back she saw the problem and it made her heart ache.

“TWILIGHT!” The familiar voice of Rainbow dash brought Twilight’s attention back to her front.

Because of her hazmat suit Rainbow couldn’t fly as she normally would not that she can either way with the skies being what they are. Applejack meanwhile had a set of armour fixed to hers so she could fight like the other guards as she out of their entire group is the only one with the ability to fight.

As the two climbed down from the ladder Rainbow said “We got everyone that can fit in! So let’s-“

“Rainbow-“ AJ said softly as she got a look at Twilight’s back

Earlier in the fighting a lucky wolf got a snag at Twilight’s hazmat suit ripping the top portions that covered her wings off and even now the green rock was growing on Twilights wings and the toxic air was leaking into her suit.

“Come on! AJ look at her suit! We got to get her-!” RD started to say despite knowing what needs to be done.

Although Canterlot has a shield over it to protect it from the worse of the toxic atmosphere it was far from clean and having someone with a fresh infection would only make things worse. So unfortunately anyone who got infected by the green crystal whilst operating outside of the shield must stay outside, there were no exceptions

Not even to royalty.

“YOU FUCKING KNOW WE CAN’T DASH!!” AJ shouted cutting RD off though it was somewhat muffled by her suit.

Before Rainbow could protest AJ grabbed her by the waist with both arms and using her Terran strength jumped both of them onto the ladder all whilst Rainbow was trying to break free.

“NO DAMMIT LETMEGO AJ! LETMEGO! TWILIGHT!!!!” As Rainbow screamed at the top of her lungs as the airship began to sail up in the air away towards canterlot.

“I’m sorry girls”

As Twilight watched the airship leave her sight towards Canterlot she felt herself slipping away as the plague rock sapped her very life-force away, limping with what strength she had she made her way to AJ’s barn.

The barn had seen better days, it’s red and white wooden walls no longer shine when the sun hits them but rather are eroded by the atmosphere and harsh weather that not even the angles could control, the sign on top of the front entrance was still there but the words could barely be made out.

The rest of the farm was just as the same as the barn, the family house was completely destroyed by a massive crystal shard and most of the trees were mutated into orange-like plants and the grass that once covered the surrounding landscape was all but gone with only a few patch’s of the green crystal dotting the land like spots on a age old face.

As she lade herself down against the wall of the barn Twilight waited for the inevitable end of her life.

As she did so she noticed movement from her left.

Turning she saw another infected Timberwolf stalking the farm grounds in search of prey.

At first Twilight tried to get up and run but after being reminded of her condition she realised that she wouldn’t be able to run it even if Twilight pushed herself.

“Besides” Twilight thought as she reached for a small stone near her person.

“Shining said that a quick and painless death is better then a slow and painful one.”

With all the remaining strength she could muster Twilight hurled the stone in the wolf’s direction which hit it on the head.

As the beast turned to Twilight with death in its eyes the young Avatar closed her eyes and prepared to embrace the cold after life that awaited her.

Canterlot: 1/2/2020CC

Avatar Princess Celestia wiped her forehead with her free arm as she finished signing off the requisition for more materials to be used in the mountain refuge in mount Canterlot. Because of the surprising amount of work and management that was needed in these times the solar princess sometimes had to do some of the work that would normally fall to other bureaucrats, this also because many were now dead thanks to her so Celestia thinks of it as a sort of punishment.

For you see six months ago when the green crystal first arrived on Aurora the Solar avatar took only a few provocations on the containment of the strange mineral, the reasoning was simple yet still held the consequences that plague the present that reason being that nobody not even the immortal Avatars can predict that a seemingly small thing can cause so much destruction in just half a year.

It started small, in the containment area itself at ground zero where the crystal first landed near the broader with the crystal empire. During which the scientists involved were doing a variety of tests on the plague rock back when it was just known as Element-TX1, most of the tests failed to produce any significant results, the theory was that the technology Equestria has at the time was not advanced enough to comprehend the secrets of the element. The only things that could be learned was that the mineral was toxic to carbon-based life and that it was growing, threating to overrun the containment camp.

As such in an effort to further understand the nature of the anomaly and protect the outside world from the toxic nature of it Celestia authorised that magic would be used in further experiments and in reinforcing the containment zone, further measures were also taken including evacuating the surrounding areas of the GZ site and inviting medical personnel from other nations making the GZ operation an international effort.

But even then there were signs that the damage was done such as the compression in the atmosphere changing rapidly and the rumours of the green crystal appearing in other parts of the globe but Celestia and the other world leaders didn’t heed those signs.

SHE didn’t see those signs.

Because of her inaction the containment area would suddenly exploded a month after the crystal first arrived and the planet would rapidly change, destroying most of the other nations or at least that was the general opinion that going around as of late.

The reason for the was theorised to be because of the magic that was used in some experiments but no further research could be done while survival was priority.

As for the wider world?

No one really knows, in the chaotic six months following the explosion the nations involved in the GZ operation fell out of contact with communication both by air, ground, radio and magic becoming less and less effective as the atmosphere grew more with ionic particles. Canterlot was speared the worst by the efforts of its new captain of the royal guard after king Shining armour moved to the crystal empire, Captain Silver Blade son and student of the deceased General Iron Blade learned the spell that King shining uses to create the shield over Canterlot.

Since then they’ve been evacuating as many people as they could with ponyvile being the most recent town evacuated.

A knock on her office door brought Celestia out of memory lane as her sister Luna walked in wearing her combat armour similar to what the guards wear.

Smiling the solar avatar said “Luna! I trust the evacuation ship from ponyvile is here?”

Luna answered with a nod as she remembered Celestia asking her to keep an eye out for that one particular airship from Ponyvile.

Nodding with a small smile she replied “Indeed sister I trust you wish to see them yourself?”

After putting her pencil down and standing up whilst straightening her clothing Celestia said “Is that even a question Luna?” With a smile.

With that the two made their way through the castle in the center of canterlot which changed quite a bit in the last six months.

Due to the amount of people that needed shelter and the fact that the inside of mount canterlot must be clear of all infection the castle had to be host to many people whose homes were turned into clinics or refugee areas, many of the previous owners were at first unhappy but thanks to the ongoing crisis and the fact that most of them were nobles who had a chat with the solar avatar their dissatisfaction were a minor problem in the grand scheme of things.

As the two sisters walked through the castle they made sure they had a personal shield around themselves as some of the patients who lined the many halls could still have an active infection, this was evident by the glowing green crystal on their person.

Doctors were doing what they can but they could only do so much for so long.

Soon the siblings were out in the courtyard where they could see mount canterlot just beyond the faint blue glow of the shield, the courtyard itself was being used as a makeshift farm to help ease the burden of the ones inside the mountain.As they passed the gate they took in the sights of the streets of their once proud capital, where the streets were once bubbling with life now were housed to people who could not find shelter in the makeshift refugee homes or make shelter on the rooftops.

After some time the siblings arrived at the airport to the right of city where the castle faces the mountain.

As the guards lead them to the correct dock they could see that much of the airport has been converted into a makeshift shelter like the rest of the city.

They soon reached the dock which was on the edge of the shield with a U shaped platform for the airship to slide in, on either side of the cart underneath the main blimp the doors slide open and the passengers fill out with some of the guards keeping watch.

As Celestia walked to the left platform she kept an eye for someone in particular but unfortunately she couldn’t find her.
Quietly teleporting to the other side she searched again but found the same results, nothing.

“Where could she be? Inside making sure everyone is safe? It would seem likely.” Celestia thought as she started to walk back to Luna who was talking to the lieutenant in charge of this dock.

Before she could get far however....

”GODDAMIT!”

Turning around Celestia saw a girl in a hazmat suit kneeling down just outside of the airlock to the ship, whom by the voice she recognised as Rainbow dash. Another girl in a hazmat suit who she presume is AppleJack walked outside the airlock beside her presumably trying to comfort her.

“Rainbow...,” AJ said as unbeknownst to both of them Celestia was approaching.

Shooting up and turning to AJ with her back to Celestia Rainbow shouted with rage “WE COULD'VE SAVED HER AJ! WE COULD’VE FUCKING SAVED HER!”

“Rainbow I get-“ AJ started but paused as she saw the solar avatar approaching.

“YOU GET!?-AJ AT WORST SHE WOULD'VE CONTAMINATED THE MAIN CABIN AND HAVE TO LEAVE HER IN THERE!!” Rainbow snaped rocketing back up to her feet and face her farmer friend.

Celestia was cautious as to whom she was talking about but decided to best simply try and comfort the young angel, gently she passes the crowed getting close before-

“WE COULD HAVE SAVED TWILIGHT!!”

She stopped, those that noticed Celestia’s presence stepped away whilst those who didn’t merely looked at the young Angel in disbelief.

“T-Twilight is?” The solar avatar thought as AppleJack got Rainbow to turn around, seeing Celestia RD could only look in shock at what she did or said given the circumstances.

Silence persisted over the landing before Luna came over and said, “Lieutenant! Get everyone out and sort them into their new accommodations NOW!”

Before long the guards have gathered everyone and made their way out of the platform and into the main facility of the dock, leaving only the elder avatars on the now empty platform.

Turning to her sister after everyone left Luna could tell that despite her calm exterior Celestia was braking down on the inside.

“Sister,” Luna said but before she could say anything else Celestia rushed into her arms and with no one looking.

Let it all out.

With all that’s happened and then some even Demi-goddess can have their limits.

As she held her sister as she cried Luna whispered in her ear, “Sister.. though it does seem bleck now I promise that somehow we WILL get through this crisis and make sure that those we’ve lost were not in vain.”

After a few moments of further sobbing and crying Celestia stood from her sister, her eyes red and tried but still ferm and resolute then she nodded and said, “And I will be strong for those we’ve lost as well dear sister.”

With all that said and done the two left the platform and the docks shortly after to continue their duties. Not realising that help is already coming.

Author's Note

Greetings everyone and here it is my first story using my new method of writing!

Any advice or something to comment would be really appreciate as I would love some feedback.

....And that’s all I’ve got (Gezz I’ve got to get better with these ANs) SEE YA!