Foot to hoof

So, I had to skip the proof-reader process so I could get this out for you guys today, Like I promised. I don't think I made too many mistakes, thanks for your patience and enjoy!

    "Looks like I win again!"

Rainbow Dash announced proudly as she landed on a soft white cloud.

   The other pegasi stared at her, jaws dropped, eyes wide opened, some were cheering loudly

and throwing their hooves about to show their enthusism. Some were even looking

dissapointed, especially one small filly wearing a dark blue hat and waving a dark blue

flag. Soarin stared at Rainbow Dash and smirked.

     "Three times in a row, hmm, I'm impressed.."

He spoke softly looking her in the eyes and smirking slightly.

     "Perhaps you are worthy of being a Wonderbolt after all."

He continued.

    Rainbow Blushed lightly as he spoke, the crowd now beginning to settle down and listen

to what the ponies were saying.

Soarin approached Rainbow Dash slowly, treading softly atop the fluffy white cloud. He was a

few inches away from her when he stopped. He made sure eye contact never broke between them

as he slowly moved closer to her. Rainbow was in a trance like state as the pony she so

admired was a mere step away. Her heart was racing, her mind was running and her legs were

almost shaking.

     "Miss Rainbow Dash, as leader of the Wonderbolts, it is with great honour I award you

this."

   Spitfire, another Wonderbolt had flown over with a small gold medal in her mouth, she

landed beside Soarin and gave it to him. Soarin then approached Rainbow and placed it around

her neck.

     "Welcome to the Wonderbolts."

    And with that he quickly locked his lips against hers, as she blushed immensly, she felt

as if she were in heaven, or was. Everything around her suddenly ripped apart, pulling away

from her, she was sweating, shaking and scared, suddenly her eyes shot open.

      "Rainbow, come on! We need you!"

A muffled voice shouted.

      "Huh..? W-Wha?"

      "Rainbow, for Celestia's sake wake up! We really need you right now! Agh-"

   The voice had stopped.

Rainbow Dash opened her eyes fully and adjusted to the light of the room. She looked around

to the sight of, well, nothing. Nothing had changed. She was upset that she had lost an

amazing dream, but at the same time felt confused.

      "That voice was not apart of the dream.."

She spoke to herself quietly.

   She hauled herself from the bed and stretched her wings. She walked to the large, locked

door that was the entrance to her room. She sluggishly opened it. The door creaked ever so

quietly and she slowly pushed it open. Inch by inch the door opened.

Rainbow's mouth hung open, her eyes widened at the sight. On the ground infront of her lay

Twilight, covered in cuts and bruises. She looked around the room, tears forming her eyes as

she saw Applejack laying against the wall, eyes closed and bleeding. The walls were chared

and burnt along with the ceiling. The table in the room was snapped in half and the

paintings had been ripped from the wall. Armour from royal guards lay on the floor,

scratched and burnt along with some pools of blood scattered across the room. Rainbow stood

petrified, shocked and disguisted. Her lips trembled and her eyes became misty.

Slowly, she stepped towards Twilight and bent down.

       "T-T-Twi..?"

   Twilight did nothing.

       "Twilight..P-Please be okay.."

She put a hoof on Twilight's chest and rolled her over so she facing her.

By now the tears were pouring from her eyes as she saw Twilight's face. It had been

battered, cut and assualted.

She shook her violently.

       "Twilight! Please! Please, wake up! Be alright! Come on Twi!"

Her friend still lay unmoved.

       "..No.."

She looked over at Applejack, who was laying against the wall also beaten badly. She

hurriedly rushed over to her.

       "AJ? Y-You have to be alright.."

Her hoof was placed against her forehead, her tears still streaming as the orange pony did

not move a muscle.

   It was then that the ground began shaking uncontrollably and Rainbow Dash fell to the

ground. As the shaking continued the roof began to split open, right up to the surface,

where again, the massive moon was shining brightly. This time though, two Alicorn figures

were fighting, firing bolts of magic at one another, whilst pegasi fought. Massive balls of

fire being ripped from the ground beside Rainbow Dash and being forced up to the surface

where loud clashes could be heard. Rainbow who was now panicking and worrying for her

friend's safety grabbed both ponies and put them over her back, balls of fire still being

forced from the ground around her. She rushed into her room and placed both of them down,

she stared at them before rushing out of the room and closing the door. Her wings unfolded

and she shot upwards through the crack in the ground, going as fast as she could, closer and

closer to the fighting ponies. As soon as she had come up to the surface she was struck by a

stray bolt of electricity. This caused her to come crashing down onto the singed grass

beside the massive hole she had surfaced from. She looked around, ponies were clashing with

each other, unicorns shooting bolts of magic and manipulating solid objects, then throwing

them at one another. A flaming strike had hit beside her and she jumped into the air, where

a masked pony had tackled her, tossing her once again against the ground.

The pony began hitting Rainbow Dash into the face with its hooves, each blow more painful

than the last. Rainbow spread her wings and pushed herself off the ground, sending the

masked pony flying forward, nearly into the hole. The pony quickly regained itself before

getting struck by a massive flash of light, then disappearing with a scream.

   Dash was terrified and confused, she looked around at the violence, guards were rushing

out of the castle while masked ponies were moving in from the nearby forest, some were even

appearing from flashes of light that occurred in random spots. She looked up to the sight of

Celestia being surrounded by several masked ponies. Pegasi charging at her and unicorns

firing bolts at her. Luna could also be seen a little higher up, locked in a conflict

between a cloaked Alicorn.

Rainbow felt sharp pain in her chest, it had just hit her that she was struck by a bolt of

energy. She slowly lowered her head to the her chest and stared in disbelief that her coat

was now burned and her skin torn. She about to prepare herself for a wave of rippling pain.

To the left of her was the unicorn who had fired it. She was grinning and slowly stepping

closer,  Dash could see something in her eyes, something evil, something demented. What

happened next shocked Rainbow dash. Two royal guards charged at the unicorn, one firing a

red orb at her which seemed to make her scream in pain and another which had bucked her into

the face, causing blood and saliva to fly into the air landing on Rainbow's snout. She had

never seen the royal guards act so violently, and with that the pain from the bolt took

over, she lay back, arching in agony, writhing on the ground. She felt like she was being

torn apart, ripped open and shredded to pieces. The pain remained as she could feel herself

losing conciousness. Her eyelids were suddenly feeling heavy and she began to relax slowly,

despite the tremendous pain she was in.

   It was then she saw a bear run past her and charge at two masked ponies, causing them to

slam against the ground where they lay motionless as the bear ran off and charged at another

masked pony. Rainbow's eyelids were closing ever more as she saw more animals rushing past

her. Suddenly she felt like she had been elevated. The world was moving around her, she felt

like she was laying on a soft cloud, just moving through the situation. It was then her eyes

managed to fully close, and she had lost conciousness.

     "Rainbow! Wake up!"

Rainbow shook her head and winced at the bright light being shone in her face, there was a

figure standing above her.

Her eyes began to adjust, this figure turned out to be Fluttershy. She was wearing medical

equipment and was covered in blood, but showed no cuts or bruises.

     "Flu-Flutter..?"

Fluttershy said nothing as she checked Rainbow, shining the light more into her eyes,

forcing open her mouth and looking inside.

     "Fluttershy, what is going?!"

Rainbow blurted out.

    "I-I don't really know, Celestia wants me to help the injured ponies though."

Rainbow Dash looked around. She was in the castle foyer, she could see out to where the

fight was happening, it showed no signs of slowly. Groups of fluffy rabbits were running

together and picking up injured ponies on their backs. They were bringing them into the

foyer and laying them down on the floor before rushing out again. There were more ponies

helping out with injuries as she could recognize Nurse Redheart and even Ponyville's vet.

Rainbow looked down at her chest. She had a bandage going all the way around her, a small

blood stain was on it and it looked like it was rushed. Rainbow looked up, by now Fluttershy

had attended to the aid of another injured pony. Rainbow mustered the strenght to stand up

and hurried over.

     "Fluttershy, c'mon, what's going on?!"

Fluttershy was bandaging up a pony's leg as she spoke.

    "Celestia has not said, no one knows, we were just told to help out."

Fluttershy said reaching for a piece of tape and using it to secure the bandage onto the

leg.

    "So, how did you get up here?"

Fluttershy had moved onto another pony, who had a massive gash on his head.

    "Guards were bringing me back to my room, long story, stuff happened, ended up here."

    "Guards were bringing you back to your room?"

    "Yes, Rainbow, this is not the time, we need help. Have you seen Twilight?"

    "Uh..Yeah, she is dow--"

   Rainbow was interrupted by a loud crash as a black Alicorn came crashing through the

large, stained glass, windows.

Ontop of her was again, the same cloaked Alicorn from earlier. The cloak was soaked with

blood and torn in some places to reveal a light blue coat.

They both slid across the ground after the initial impact. The nurses began running to

safety frantically, leaving the injured ponies at mercy of the fighting Alicorns. The nurses

dash up the large stair case and ran for the nearest door, then began sealing it. Some

stayed at the top, ready to answer Luna's call if needed. Shards of shattered glass were all

over the floor, along with blood. Some injured ponies scrambled to get to somewhere save,

dragging themselves across the floor or limping as the two Alicorns thrashed around, hitting

each other, pinning each other and shooting magical bolts at each other. Rainbow Dash had

flown up, she was looking down at the fight, Fluttershy was no where to be seen, her

sheepish nature probably caused her to hide in one of the upstairs rooms.

   Luna was thrown against the wall by the Alicorn's tremendous strength, a loud crack could

be heard as she made contact with the wall. She screamed in agony, the scream was almost

deafening. Her wings lay limp behind her, she was tired, sore and exhausted. She wanted it

to end and stop. The physical pain she was in was almost as bad as the emotional pain from

being exposed to a thousand years of solitude. The feathers on her wings were thrashed and

pulled. Luna lay there, exhausted, as the other Alicorn walked closer, the nurses and

injured ponies could only watch on in horror. It was then that Celestia had swooped in

through the large hole in the glass and delivered a powerful kick to the side of the

Alicorn. A masculine yelp could be heard as it slid across the ground helplessly, it could

not prepare itself for the impact. Rainbow Dash, who was still flying up to the high

ceiling, glanced out at the courtyard. Ponies lay across the ground, barely moving or not

moving at all. Quite a few royal guards remained standing as the final few masked ponies

rushed back into the forest. When Dash looked down, Celestia was towering over the Alicorn,

her horn was alight. It was in that moment the room was flooded by a bright blue light,

everypony became blinded. A few seconds later, when everpony could see, the room was short a

pony, well an Alicorn. Celestia quickly turned around and dashed over to Luna.

    "Sister! Are you alright?!"

Luna let out an incoherant mumble.

    "Luna, please, do something!"

Celestia said, her eyes going misty.

Luna said nothing.

Her horn then had a weak glow coming off it.

    "S-Sister?"

Celestia said wearily.

  Luna slowly used her magic to lift a shard of glass off the ground. ever so slowly she

moved it infront of Celestia.

The pattern on this particular shard of glass was that of Celestia and Luna, standing side

by side. A tear escaped Celestia's eye, everypony in the room was quiet all the while. The

shard began to lower to the ground, as did Luna's eyelids. Celestia kissed her forehead and

looked over at the nurses who were cowering at the top of the staircase. She nodded to them

and stepped back from Luna, drying her eyes. All of the nurses came rushing down to the aid

of Luna. Celestia meanwhile looked up at Rainbow Dash, she motioned for her to come down

which she did.

    "Miss.Rainbow Dash, have you seen Twilight Sparkle?"

   Rainbow Dash was in disbelief. Here was Luna, on the verge of death and all Celestia

could ask was where was Twilight?

Here was her royal courtyard that lay broken and destroyed, and where was Twilight?

Here was her royal guards, who lay injured and battered, and where was Twilight?

Why was it so important right now to know where Twilight was?

Rainbow was turning this over in her mind, she stuttered for a moment before answering.

    "S-She is down..In the, uh, her b-bedroom, No. Wait. My room."

She replied.

    "Right, I need you to gather her and everypony else, bring them to Luna's room on the

second floor, I'll be waiting."

Celestia was quickly covered in a large bubble of energy before teleporting out of the room.

   Dash sighed and opened her wings. She looked to the courtyard, where the large hole was,

then flew out.

   Rarity yawned and stretched out her hooves, she scratched her side and sat up in her bed.

It was dark, very dark, that was until she took off her eye mask. She looked around the room

and took off the ear muffs that she had found in one of the drawers, the night before. She

figured, why not try get the best sleep possible?

It certainly was one of the best sleeps she had ever had. She stepped out of the bed and

yawned again. She looked over at the dressing table where grooming items had been left for

her. She grinned and trotted over happily.

   As was the usual with Rarity, it had taken her sometime to get ready, fixing up her mane,

her eyelashes and making sure her coat was as shiny as could be. She was very proud of what

she looked like, and often was not afraid to show it off.

After making sure everything was as fabulous as could be, she opened her door. The morning

soon took a dramatic turn as she saw the gruesome sight that lay infront of her. Her drama

queen reaction was witheld and instead an honest reaction shone through of fear and disgust.

She was practically frozen on the spot, managing to move her head in the direction of

Rainbow's room. She saw Rainbow walking out with a dazed Twilight and Applejack behind her.

Pinkie was also standing to the left of Rainbow, she seemed quiet.

     "..You Twilight, they both we--"

Rainbow said before directing her attention to a horrified Rarity who was standing in the

door way of her room.

     "Rarity, good you're up, come on, we need you!"

Rainbow said grabbing Rarity's hoof and pulling her over.

   Rarity's hoof had slid into a pool of blood and she let out a horrific scream as it did,

in which Rainbow released her grasp on Rarity's hoof. Rarity was almost about to cry,

everything she saw rocked her right to the core.

   "Rarity, come on, now is not the time, we need you to come with us! Now come on!"

Rainbow shouted, and leaning down, hinting that Rarity should get onto her back.

  A shocked Rarity nervously stepped forward and slowly got onto Rainbow's back, who's wings

were wide open.

Rainbow Dash looked over at Twilight and nodded before slowly flying up, as not to rush with

Rarity on her back. Twilight looked to Applejack and Pinkie then lit her horn up. A purple

bubble of energy formed around them before popping. The three  ponies had then evaporated

into thin air.

Rainbow Dash continued her ascent up to the surface through the large crack in the ground

with the shaken unicorn on her back. By the time she had come up to the surface, Twilight,

Applejack and Pinkie were waiting, having just teleported up.

Rainbow pointed to the castle entrance, and then began to run over with the others, Rarity

still in a mild form of shock laying on Rainbow's back.

  They approached the entrance and looked in. The place seems to have been cleaned up, with

Luna and Celestia nowhere to be seen. Nurses had returned to tending to the injured ponies

in the room. Things had settled down abit more. The five ponies slowly walked in, Rarity now

relaxing to the situation more had been able to stand using her own power and will. They

looked around, the room had looked as if anything hardly happened. Magic is a wonderful

thing, Rainbow thought.

Pinkie had yet to say a word as they walked to the staircase, where two Royal guards had

stood.

     "Princess Celestia is waiting upstairs, Miss.Sparkle."

One of the guards said as they approached.

  Twilight nodded and walked up, the other four close behind. They reached the top of the

stairs and then trotted up the next flight of stairs. When they reached the top more guards

were standing by the walls, each looking at them and pointing a hoof down the hallway. The

ponies walked past quite a few doors until they reached one that stood out. Gold and silver

plated it with a moon made of entwined steel. Many guards stood outside it. This was Luna's

room. The guards stood aside and opened the door.

   Inside was a distraught Celestia, with two nurses running about frantically grabbing

viles and boxes, then bringing them near the bedside where an unconcious Princess lay.

Celestia looked over at the ponies and motioned for them to come closer, which they did.

     "..Princess, what is after happening?"

Twilight whispered.

     "I believe..I believe that a group of ponies may know of this creature's existance.."

Thr Princess said slowly.

   The Twilight had a realisation.

The creature..She had forgotten about it amongst it all.

     "Princess, where is the crea-"

     "We moved him to the secure room in Canterlot Tower."

   Twilight looked at a beaten Luna.

     "And what about Princess Luna?"

She inquired.

     "She just needs rest a small amount of medical attention, she'll be fine...I hope.."

             Celestia lowered her head..