Cherry Blossom stared in silent shock at the white unicorn before them. She had spikey electric blue hair, being two different shades. She looked like she had been through hell and back if her frazzled coat and tired crimson eyes were anything to believe. Gulping she took a step forward, caution and curiosity filling her head. Who was she? Why was she here? Questions she intended to discover. Taking another step forward she tried her best at a motherly smile, failing spectacularly however as the unicorn simply continued to back away beginning to panic. Frowning she took another step, noting that the unicorn immediately took another step back. Looking back at Arthur for help he simply shrugged and waved at the stranger. Looking back she than noticed something. She wasn't even looking at her. She was looking at Arthur. Looking back she waved for him to leave, which he simply shrugged at before walking back into the forest.

The unicorn visibly relaxed at this yet still maintained her panicked demeanour while not saying a word. Stepping forward she internally breathed a sigh of relief when she didn't step back again, Contuing her slow walk towards her, she stopped to hold out her hoof. "Hi there I'm Cherry Blossom." She greeted happily, only being met with a silent stare. Tilting her head in confusion, "Hello?" She said, waving a hoof in front of the unicorns blank stare in an attempt to gain her attention.

This apparently worked as she soon blinked a couple of times before returning Cherry Blossoms stare. They stood there for what seemed like hours when it was really only a couple of minutes. Before either of them could break the silence however a very faint chopping could be heard, causing the unicorn's head to whip around in an attempt to find the sound. Cherry knew what it was though. And she had a feeling that this unicorn was runninh from them. Acting quickly she used her magic to teleport the piece of scrap that the unicorn had been lying on into the ocean, pushing it down into the depths. As she did this Arthur came back, bursting through the trees.

"We got incoming." He shouted as the chopping got louder. The appearance of Arthur immediately sent the stranger into another panicking session as she rapidly backed up, only stopping once she touched the water.

Before either of them could get to her however a helicopter flew into view the wind from the rotors causing all of them to stop as their manes (and hair) began whipping around wildly from the force of the circular rotors as it flew over top of them. This didn't last long however when it quickly passed over before turning around, heading back towards them. Looking to the unicorn Cherry could see that she was visibly shaking in fear, her crimson eyes wide. The helicopter came to a hover about ten metres from them, sending sand flying away, simultaneously forcing everyone to cover their eyes with either arm or leg,

After a while of this the rotors slowly died down allowing all of them to get a good look at it. It had a sleek black design with circular rotors protruding from wings on either side of it. The vehicle had landed side on to them giving them a clear view the now opening door which housed several figures, all human except for a single pony at the centre, their general look shrouded by the darkness of the small part of the helicopter they were in. What was noticable however was the light blue streaks running throughout their bodies, each one glowing. This was the only way she could see them, certain that if they weren't there they would be almost invisible. The most noticeable parts of the blue streaks was the two sharp lines running across their supposed faces, most likely being for their eyes.

Taking a step out, the clear figure of the lead pony became apparent. She wore what looked to be light grey metal armor, even incasing the wings that hung beside her back, the ends of them looking like they could cut through steel. In fact there was no sign of the actual pony underneath that wasn't covered in armor. She simply stood there for a while, scanning the surroundings, hesitating slightly on the white unicorn before continuing her viewing of the area. Her head suddenly snapped back to Cherry, a deathly stare being projected from the helmeted pony.

Stepping forward, she continued moving towards Cherry, stopping only a few feet away from her. She than raised her hooves, placing them on the sides of her helmet before pressing inwards, a faint hissing sound resonating from it, as well as a few puffs of smoke. Lifting it up, the pony revealed herself to have a bright blonde mane, that lazily fell back against her light grey coat. She smiled at Cherry, her right eye covered by an eye patch, the scar running down behind it probably being the reason. The other eye stared at Cherry, while also glancing around at her surroundings, an unnatural shine emmiting from it.

"Hello Cherry." Derpy said, a kind yet dangerous smile gracing her face.

Smiling in kind Cherry returned Derpy's stare, "Hello Derpy."

"So whose your new friend here?" She asked, looking back to the unicorn. Said unicorn was visibly shaking, her eyes flicking to Cherry in what seemed like a plea for help.

"W-Well her name is..." Cherry trailed off, mind coming up blank. "U-Uh, Cloud!" She said in an affirmative way. Depry however rolled her hooves, signalling Cherry to continue, "Cloud...Spell! Cloud Spell!" She said, trying to play into the fact that she was a unicorn.

"Cloud Spell? Interesting. And where exactly is Cloud Spell from than?" Derpy pressed, still looking at the recently dubbed Cloud.

"Uh, well she's from...Wellington!" She concluded, saying the first city she knew of.

Derpy raised her eyebrow at that however. "Really? You sure are a long way from Wellington Cloud. Care to explain?" She pointed out. Cherry's hopes of decieving her were dashed. She didn't have an excuse for that. And Derpy knew it.

Derpy took a step toward Cloud yet stopped as a voice called to her from the helicopter, "Hey boss! Just got a call in. They found 'em." He said, causing Derpy's eyes to widen.

Placing her helmet back on, she secured her helmet before taking another look at Cherry, "You're playing a dangerous game Cherry." She said, the helmet making her voice sound almost robotic, "Don't be caught on the losing side." She advised before turning and walking back to the helicopter, it's blades already spinning up in preparation for take off. Entering she closed the door, shooting one last glance at Cherry before being hidden by the steel wall between them.

Waiting for the helicopter to be out of sight she turned to 'Cloud'. Who now lay on the sand, her crimson eyes rolled back into her head, leaving only white.

She sighed, "Well, that could have gone better."

Author's Note

sorry for short chapter. Also the helicopter is not an exact replica of the one in the picture, as instead of the door being in the back, they are located in the sides.

Also thinking of writing a sort of history book about how the ponies could have won the war.

Be sure to point out grammatical errors as well. Next chapter will probably take a while to get out so don't get your hopes up.