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- [ONE] Fracas
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- >It started out as a normal day for you.
- >Just chillin with Rainbow on a lazy Saturday in the park.
- >You'd been in Ponyville for a while now; maybe a year or two? You'd lost count.
- >Time flies when you're having fun or something like that.
- >You were sitting back on a bench, previewing Rainbow's latest routine she'd been working on to impress the wonderbolts.
- >Would've been just another Saturday for you, had it not been for the low rumble that'd been creeping up on you.
- "Hey Rainbow, you hear that?"
- >She stopped mid loop, to look at you.
- >"Hear what?"
- "Come down here and listen, feather head."
- >She flew down and landed next to you on the bench.
- >"Listen to wha--"
- >You hushed her and remained quiet.
- >Listening closely, you could just faintly hear a very low and powerful rumble.
- >Rainbow was silent and her ears were twitching ever so minutely as she listened closely.
- "That. You hear it?"
- >She remained silent for a moment longer, before responding with a nod.
- >"Wonder what it is?"
- "I don't know, but it sound big."
- >"I'm gonna take a look, see if I can't find it."
- >She flew up and took a look around.
- >After a minute of her scanning the nearby area, she flew back down to you.
- "Well? Anything?"
- >"Nope, nothing. Is the noise still--"
- >As if on cue, the rumbling started to crescendo slowly in volume.
- "Rainbow, what's that?"
- >You pointed towards a cloud of dust that seemed to be coming from the Everfree forest.
- >"What the?"
- >She flew up to get a bird’s eye view.
- >As she was staring and trying to get a better look, a new sound joined in with the low rumbling.
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- >This sound was one you recognized.
- >It was a plane.
- >No, a lot of planes. Big ones.
- >You searched the skies to find where the planes were.
- >There shouldn't be any planes in Equestria; they had pegasi for those kinds of things.
- >Then, you found what you were looking for.
- "Rainbow! Look out!"
- >She heard you just in time to dive-bomb and narrowly avoid the low-flying planes.
- >You ran and caught her before she hit the ground.
- >"What the hay was that thing?!"
- "We should get off the streets, now."
- >"But--"
- "Just trust me Rainbow, we need to get inside, fast!"
- >You held the pegasus close and ran towards the nearest familiar looking building to take cover.
- >The rumbling was increasing in volume and intensity quickly now, so much so that the ground was shaking.
- >"Gah! Anonymous, why are we in Rarity's boutique?"
- "Just hush and wait."
- >You held her close as the rumbling increased.
- >The only comfort you had right now was the lack of bombs screeching towards the ground.
- >As the rumbling grew deafening, Rainbow finally broke free of your grip and went to look outside.
- "Rainbow!"
- >You ran after her, and the rumbling stopped.
- >What you saw, shouldn't have been possible. Shouldn't be happening.
- >There was a battalion of tanks idling in the streets of Ponyville.
- >Not just any tanks, Sherman tanks.
- >Rainbow was flying just in front of the lead, looking at it curiously.
- >A hatch popped open and a human popped his head up.
- >"Go on now Pegasus. We've got no beef with you."
- >"Just who are you?"
- >"Call me Sherm."
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- >He looked around while talking to Rainbow.
- >"I don't suppose you got a leader or someone I could-- hey! Holy hell!"
- >He was pointing excitedly at you.
- >"I'll be damned, another human!"
- "Aren't there humans driving the tanks?"
- >"Well yeah, they're my battalion. But we've never seen another human outside our battalion."
- "What are you doing here? Why are you in tanks?"
- >"Oh. Right. Sorry, you wouldn't believe how hard it is to park these things. I'm on my way to Tartarus, got a bone to pick with a certain Minotaur there."
- "A pretty big bone to pick I see."
- >"Yeah. If you'd be so kind as to point me in the general direction? My C130's have a limited amount of fuel, and there aren't too many runways around here."
- >Rainbow pointed off towards a mountain range you couldn't see very well.
- >"Tartarus is that way. Why are--"
- >"No time to stay and chat missy, I'm on a tight schedule. Thanks for the information!"
- >With that, he got on the radio to his planes and started giving them commands.
- >Soon after, he was back in his tank and the lid was sealed.
- >The battalion moving again, Rainbow flew over to you.
- >"What they hay is all this about!?"
- "I have no idea, Rainbow. I didn't even know there were other humans in Equestria."
- >Hearing a crash, you looked over to see that the lead tank had run into a building.
- >You heard a muffled "Dammit! Sorry," as the tank worked its way out of the building and continued on.
- >"Hey, isn't that Filthy Rich's office?"
- "Huh. Whaddya know. I guess it is."
- ###Last Edit 10/30/2012 12:17
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