Guys, I'm so happy! 30 CHAPTERS! WOW! I can't believe I've made it this far. And... the first 8 chapters are going to be posted. Refurnished and revised for the greatest form of entertainment possible, but they won't be posted till tomorrow... And... enjoy!

"Welcome to District 13," the helicopter pilot said happily, "Home of the free."

Rainbowdash opened her eyes slowly, and realized she was still in the helicopter. The pilot's voice had woken her up. "What-

"Don't worry about it Dashy," her father said, "You had a rough night. It's a long way from the Capitol to here."

Rainbowdash stood up, wavering in her balance; she sat down on the ground. She couldn't think, or speak, or anything. Her rainbow-colored mane got in the way of her eyesight; it wasn't brushed at all, and it almost looked as if she was attacked by a wild squirrel. She blew her bangs out of her eyes and looked out the window, there was an empty clearing in the woods, but nothing else.

"Where is it?" she asked.

"Where is what?" her father simply responded. A question answered by a question… classic.

"13…" she said back in a rough voice.

"Oh," her father seemed to laugh from the look in his eyes, "You'll see. Just watch." He looked at the window to the grass-filled meadow in the clearing. The tall trees around it, seemed to create an impenetrable wall…

"Fine," Rainbowdash looked over through the window again, but this time she didn't just see a meadow. There seemed to be… a sort of… fault line… in the center of the meadow. Spreading the two halves of it apart. It was just large enough for the helicopter to fit in. And the helicopter did fit, as it flew down and landed on a metal helipad about 50 meters beneath the opening.

"Home sweet home," her father smiled, "Isn't it beautiful?" They stepped out of the helicopter, and Rainbowdash scanned the entirely metal area.

"It's kind of dark," she said blankly. She looked up, and the two halves of the meadow were spreading back together. Suddenly, lights started turning on in the walls. Rainbowdash could see a lot more clearly now, and she noticed that there wasn't an exit. "How do we get out?"

"That's a good question," her father answered, "How do we get out?"

"Not the time to funny, dad," Rainbowdash joked back. Then, a small beeping noise, crept through the room. The floor started shifting slightly, and Rainbowdash and the other two ponies, were being pulled back to the walls.

"This doesn't look good," her father smiled.

"The floors are giving out?!" Rainbowdash shouted, "What's wrong with you dad? Why would you bring me to a death trap?"

Her father, in his time of joy, realized his daughter's grief, and stopped joking around.

"Look," he said politely, "I want you to stay calm. Just remember that I'm here for you, and I wouldn't lie to you…" He paused shortly. "Computer."

"Yes?" a metallic voice chimed in.

"This female pony, age 16," her father started, "Is with me. Verification code, Gamma 9-7-1-5, father."

"Verification code accepted," the computed stated, "Relationship?"

"Daughter," he said as he turned to Rainbowdash. The floor was about a meter from the wall, and as Rainbowdash looked down, she could see bright lava sitting at the bottom.

"Isn't there something to stop this?" Rainbowdash shouted at her father.

"No…" he replied solemnly, "But, Dashy, I want you to jump."

"What? Are you crazy?!" she shouted back.

"Yes," he laughed, "Come on. I'll do it with you." He grabbed her hand comfortingly… and jumped. And they jumped together, into the inferno.

"Rainbowdash," her father's smooth voice came into her mind, "Rainbowdash… Wake up…"

Rainbowdash couldn't open her eyes. Her body felt numb, but she could move her mouth slightly. She smiled at her father's voice.

"Does this happen often?" a voice asked, it was a mare.

"No, Redheart," a second voice said, "Don't be stupid."

"I'm sorry," Redheart answered.

"Nurses," a third voice interrupted, "We're professional. Not children. We need to get along while we have a patient to take care of."

"She'll get over it," the second voice cracked, "She won the games."

"As if that is an excuse to give her any more trauma," the third voice said again, "She needs to be taken care of. The smoke doesn't normally have this long of an effect."

"Nurse Sweetheart is right," her father chimed in, "Let's focus on Rainbowdash."

"She's smiling," Nurse Redheart whispered, "That's good right?"

"Yes," Nurse Sweetheart said in joy.

"Oh come on," the second voice said, frustrated, "She needs to be up and running ASAP. This isn't a five-star hotel, it's District 13. The sooner she's out on the battlefield, the sooner she's gone."

Rainbowdash felt a hard whack against her cheek and sat up in shock.

"There," the voice said again, "She's better."

Rainbowdash looked to see the four ponies standing in front of her. "Ow," She mumbled, and rubbed her cheek. "That hurt."

"Nurse Coldheart lives up to her name," her father said jokingly, "But that doesn't matter. You're okay, we were worried for a minute. We thought you might not wake up."

"Yeah," Nurse Coldheart smirked, "And if you hadn't, I would've missed the performance tonight. In celebration of you coming here, Octavia Melody is playing. She hasn't played her cello in a long time too."

"Would you leave?" Nurse Sweetheart chimed in, "You are so inconsiderate right now!"

"No," Rainbowdash stopped Coldheart from leaving, "A cello? What is that?"

Nurse Coldheart sighed, "It's a beautiful instrument, you should come and see it." Coldheart made sure to put as much sarcasm in her voice as possible.

"Sure," Rainbowdash rubbed her cheek again, "Music sounds nice."

"Dashy?" her father interrupted, "Are you sure that's such a good idea? You need to recover."

"Music is the best medicine," Nurse Redheart said with a smile.

"Well…" her father said with doubt.

"It comes with dinner," Coldheart smirked.

"I'm in," Rainbowdash jumped off of her bed and walked to Coldheart, "Lead the way."

Yay! I like not having a deathly cliffhanger for a change. It's going to get more personal than deadly now, as they prepare for war. But then we'll get into the hole rebellion. It'll be great.

Also, I wanted to wait till the end of the chapter to say this. But you guys have been reading a lot, and I feel as if you are all loyal. And I trust you with this information.

I am hoping to make this a youtube series. Emphasis on hope. I need animators and voice actors, and all this neat stuff. But I'm working on a script form of the story. And I have been added and subtracting things from the story, so of course it won't be exactly the same. There's not much information on it now, but I need voice actors for every character except:

Scoodaloo, Diamond Tiara, Tena Nightingale, and Bright Darkness. Guys if you are willing to volunteer please do, there won't be any money in this of course. If you would like to submit a youtube audition for any character, even the ones listed that would be great. My username is Doctor269. Feel free to comment or post a video on my wall.

I also have an email you can go to, drdoctor269 . Thanks for reading.