Chapter 26: It begins
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"Umm hello? What is going on down there?" I asked
"Well those bandits, are some of the most dangerous bandits in all of Equestria, and now they are on your front doorstep. I assume you all are in charge of this?" Snowflake said
"Technically." Nightstar said
"Ok, so those bandits are called the Talivar Bandits, and they intend to invade that little town you have down there. Murdering, raping, and stealing along the way. I have pretty much devoted my life to stopping them, and I intend to end this here." He said
"So you're an alicorn huh?" Thrash asked
"Yeah, but we don't have time for introductions right now, as I'm sure me destroying all of their bombers kinda riled them up a but." He said
"Yeah, nice moves by the way! You need to teach me some of those sometime!" Dash said
"Sure thing. But for now, we need to plan."
Shining Armor filled in Snowflake on everything we knew so far.
"Hmm ok. Here's what I know. The leader of the bandits is a unicorn named Frostnight. He is a ruthless, and savage pony who wields a ruby sword, and has the powers of ice. He is very dangerous. I believe that the bandits are going to stay at the farm for a couple of days to restock their food supplies and such, before going to the town. We don't have much time to prepare for the incoming attack. Armor, you said that the Royal Guard is ready to fight at a moments notice?" Snowflake said
"Yes, they are all ready. And we also have a couple of powerful ponies in this room as well. Twilight, Dash, Fire Heart, Thrash, Drake, Nightstar, and myself can all be useful assets in a fight."
"Don't count me out as well." Snowflake said
"Of course."
"Ok so here is what I suggest: We fully evacuate Ponyville, and get ready for a war between the bandits." Snowflake said
"Ummm I'm not too sure if I'm ok with that. I am the ruler of Equestria, so what I say goes. I say that we evacuate like you said, but send a couple of charismatic ponies to go and talk with them." Nightstar said
"Who would we send?" Twilight asked
"I nominate Breezy." Fire Heart said
"I nominate Pinkie!" Twilight exclaimed
'And I think I should go as well." Nightstar said
"No! These bandits will kill you all! They don't talk peace, they just kill!" Snowflake exclaimed
"Its worth a try, and if it gets too hairy, you can just teleports back out." Twilight said
"Umm don't I get a say in this?" I said nervously
"No, you're going." Fire Heart said
"Ok?" I said meekly
"Alright, lets get back down to Ponyville, and get Pinkie." Nightstar said
We flashed out of the room, and appeared in the middle of town. It was completely deserted.
"CITIZENS OF PONYVILLE!" Nightstar shouted
Ponies started to pop out of their houses and look at us.
"WE ARE STARTING AN EVACUATION OF PONYVILLE TO CANTERLOT! PLEASE INFORM EVERYPONY YOU KNOW AND GET GOING!"
They wasted no time. Everypony started to run around frantically telling their friends who may not have heard the message.
"Ok how are we going to find Pinkie Pie in all this mess?" I asked
"I'm right here silly!" She said as she popped out behind Nightstar
"Oh...Well we need you to come to a peace meeting, can you help us?" I asked
"Sure thing! I love peace! I wish I could make friends with all of them!" She said
"H...Hey! Can I go too?" We heard a voice say from behind us
We turned around and saw Paint Splash standing there
"Umm sure! The more the merrier I suppose!" I said
"Sweet! Oh and sorry about not telling you guys where I live, that was kinda dumb. But I'm ready for the show now! I mean not that I ever wasn't..." He said
"Cool, lets get going." Nightstar said
We set off for Applejack's farm, but with all of the ponies running around all over the place, it made it kind of difficult. It probably took about an hour, but we finally made it there. We stopped a bit before Sweet Apple Acres and thought up a game plan. It wasn't very good. So we just kind of walked in hoping to wing it. We were stopped by a couple of bandits who were waiting on the path.
"Hold up there, where do you think you are going? This land is property of the Taliver Bandits now!" One said
"We wish to speak with Frostnight." Nightstar said
"Oh if thats all then! Go on ahead!" The other said
We looked at each other and shrugged. We started to walk forward, but as we did, the first bandit pulled out a sword and put it against my neck. The other put his on Nightstar's.
"Take another step and you die boy. Walk back to your doomed town and wait to die." He said practically whispering in my ear
We started to slowly walk backwards when a pillar of ice shot up out of the ground behind the bandits. It melted away, and a pony walked out of it. He had a lightish black coat with a white mane and tail and purple eyes. His cutie mark was two ice shards crossed over a ruby sword. He also was a unicorn.
"Now now children, they just wish to talk to me! Why are you being so inhospitable to our new guests?" He said
"We...were sorry sir." One of them said
"Now scurry along and DON'T disappoint me again." He said in a very sinister voice.
They ran off, and we were left there, in silence with this pony just staring at us.
"So, I presume you are some sort of peace party? Well don't get your hopes up. We are bulldozing over this poor little town and moving on to the next."
"As the ruler of Equestria, I can't let you do that." Nightstar said while getting into a fighting stance
"So naive." He said as he drew out his ruby sword and let out a little laugh.
In one swift motion, he lunged forward, slicing me on my cheek, Pinkie in her leg, and Nightstar on his side. He went to cut Paint Splash on his hind leg, but he shot him in the face with a magic bolt. Frostnight went flying away, landing in front of us again. By this time, we had all recovered, and got ready for a fight.
He looked at Paint Splash with raging fury, but then a huge pillar of ice formed around him, and when it melted he was gone.
"We better get out of here." I said
Everypony wholeheartedly agreed, and we teleported back to the castle.
When we arrived, everypony galloped up to us asking us what happened. We explained everything that happened, and when we were done Snowflake got a worried look on his face.
"Wait, you actually managed to land a hit on him? I haven't been able to do that in...well ever! I'm sure he was quite pissed?"
"Yeah he was, but he ran away. Honestly, I think we made it worse." I said
"Probably. Well we should plan our next move." He said
We sat down for a couple hours and planned out what we were going to do. Needless to say, I have a bad feeling about this whole thing.