And welcome back everypony! So far, I'd say that this story is going pretty darn well! But of course I'm the one who wrote it, so my opinion's completely biased. So it's up to you all to think if this is going well or not.

But anyway, moving past that I have with me today three ponies that wouldn't stop begging to come on here for cutie marks. The CMC.

Scootaloo: Yep! And this time were sure we're gonna get our cutie marks!

And what would your cutie marks be in exactly?

Applebloom: In intraduction'in, that's what! *she said, excited*

Well if you want my job, feel free to have it... *I grumbled quietly*

Sweetie Belle: What was that?

Nothing! It was nothing! *I said, not wanting them to take it seriously* Anyway, let's go ahead and read off the top three comments!

3: Mage of Psychics. Oh believe me, Whipper's going to become more heartless than he already is. If that was even possible.

Applebloom: If yer the author, why don't ya just make him lose already?

Because we need to have a villain that every pony will hate. That way it'll just be all the better when he finally does lose. Oh, and by the way Mage? You probably have more courage than me, cause I probably wouldn't go to a party like that if it was for me.

2: VintageThunder98.

Sweetie Belle: What's tabasco sauce?

Uh... You know what, let's move onto the last comment!

Sweetie Belle: Wait, I still don't know what-

1: Christ's Disciple. Wow, if I was ever the center of attention I wouldn't be able to focus on anything. That's why I don't like parties that much, or the fact that I had to take theatre class. (My stupid pride made me take that class, but at least I passed it in the end) Still, a dancing contest sounds pretty cool. Wish I was even remotely good at dancing.

Scootaloo: Now with all that said, let's start the chapter!

Hey, I was supposed to say that!

Scootaloo: So I said it right?!

Well... yeah but-

Scootaloo: Awesome! So do I have a cutie mark in introducing?! *She asked, trying to look for a cutie mark*

Sweetie Belle: *She looked excited as she tried to help Scootaloo find one, but when it was clear that Scoot's cutie mark wasn't there she frowned* No. Sorry Scootaloo, guess none of us get a cutie mark in introducing. *Scootaloo groaned, but didn't question it*

Applebloom: Wait. *we all turn to her* If Zeke's the author a tha story, that means that he can write about how we get our cutie marks!

Uh-oh... *I said, knowing where this was going*

Sweetie Belle: Can you Blitz?! PLEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAASSSEEEEEEE?! *She asked, begging as loud as possible*

Now I can't just do something like that for no reason! *I said, trying to get her to be quiet*

Scootaloo: Then we'll have to make you! Cutie Mark Crusaders! CHARGE! *She yelled out, all of them starting to run towards me*

Start the chapter, start the chap-OW! *They all dog-piled on me, trying to make me give them their cutie marks*

Disclaimer: I do not own MLP. Only Blitz, The Whipper and the ideas.

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Night of the Celebration Blitz's POV

This is not good Blitz. If you try to run or hide or leave now, or just go back to the Shining Gemstone, then you're just gonna look like a scared wimp. But if you stay who knows what's gonna happen next.

As I tried to think of a way out of this, I was standing just outside the celebration. No pony was dressed up or anything, so it was just a normal party. Still, why would any pony throw a party about The Whipper running away from Pony Valley just one day later? It had to be some pony that was in charge of Pony Valley, or some pony that convinced who ever was in charge.

"There ya are!" I turned around to see Spectrum coming up right next to me. "I was afraid you weren't gonna show up." She said, leaning in close towards me.

"Yeah well, ya now me." I said with my western voice, taking a casual step away from her. "Not one ta disappoint." I said, really uncomfortable at this point. The more I thought about this, the more it just seemed wrong. I was from the future, so that basically meant Spectrum over a hundred years old where I was from.

"Then why are ya actin all jumpy? Ya look like somethin bad's happenin to ya." She said, looking kind of concerned.

"Oh, ya could say that. This whole celebration thing just ain't right." I said, talking more about the fact that I'm on a date with her instead of why there's a celebration about me beating Whipper in the first place.

"Aw come now. What's wrong with Pony Valley taken a likin to ya?" She asked, getting closer again. As she did I shuffled a few inches away, really not liking any of this at all. "And what's wrong with bein with me ta tha celebration anyway?" She asked, noticing how I moved away a little.

"I... I don't wanna talk 'bout it none." I said, knowing that if I told her, she wouldn't believe it.

At this point, I really wish that Bright was here to help get me out of this. Sadly, she said that if she and Jewel were anywhere near me it would make Spectrum think something's up. I really didn't know how she could find out about me being from the future, but I didn't question it all that much because in some way I thought she had a point.

"Please? Fer me?" She asked, pretending to look sad so I would fall for it. I knew it was a trick, but she was WAY to good at tricking people like this. It's like she knew how to mess with any ponies emotions.

That's when I actually noticed her cutie mark. And it was definitely different from Rainbow Dash's. It was at first glance, a simple cloud. But in the cloud were different emotional looks. A happy face, sad face, angry face, and a confident face. I was able to tell from that her special talent was messing with emotions easily. Great, I've made a skilled psychiatrist fall in love with me.

Even when I knew it was a trick, I was starting to fall for it already. It was like her tricks always worked no matter what! "I-I really don't wanna talk 'bout it... none." I barely managed to say, almost feeling like a complete jerk for saying that to her face.

"Ya sure ya don't wanna tell me? I'm right here ya know..." She said, leaning against my shoulder to add onto the effect. At this point I was trapped. If I tried to move away from her, then she would fall onto the ground. If I said no she would just keep acting like this more and more. I knew this was all her way of tricking me into telling her exactly why I didn't like being here.

"I... I ain't talkin." I told her, acting like I was in an interrogation.

She took notice of that and sighed, but didn't move. "Fine. If ya don't wanna talk then ya don't got to." She said, starting to bury her face into my shoulder to make herself comfortable.

Eve though I was safe from telling her my secret, I was still uncomfortable about all this. Because the longer she was near me, the more I just wanted to get out of here. I tried to think of something, but I couldn't think of anyway to get out of here.

"Can I get the attention a y'all?" The mayor said, stepping up to a podium that was on a small stage. He looked a little nervous about being up there, which made us all a little confused about it. If he was the mayor, then shouldn't he have some experience with talking in front of big crowds?

"Thanks. Uh, would Lonestar Alamo come up here?" He asked, making every pony now look towards me. Since the whole celebration was about me 'running Whipper outta town', I didn't think it was odd of him to call me up to the stand.

But as every pony was looking towards me, I couldn't help but feel that it was a little odd. I mean, the celebration pretty much just started, and already he wanted me to come up? Wouldn't he have at least given me a warning or something about it first? Not that I really cared though at this point because it was luck that I had a way to avoid the psychiatrist of a date.

"Well, what're ya waitin fer? Go on." Spectrum said, nudging me forward. She didn't seem to think anything was strange about it, nor did the rest of Pony Valley. In fact, I seemed to be the only one that thought oddly about it at all. But despite this, I knew that just standing here questioning it wasn't going to help give me an answer, so I headed up.

Once I got there, he gestured to the big red 'X' painted on the floor of the stage. "Would ya kindly step right on that X?" He asked, quiet enough so only me and maybe some of the front audience would hear.

"Ooookay then..." I said, wondering just why a painted X was on the stage. To bad I didn't question it a little more than I did.

At the exact moment I stepped on the X, the wooden planks gave out under me, making me fall through. The whole crowd gasped and the next thing I knew, I was lifted right back up. My back legs tied together by the rope that pulled me up. This left me defenceless and trapped.

The crowd was all looking to the mayor, wondering just what was going on. But instead, he shrunk back behind the podium, not wanting to face any of them.

After the audience murmuring a little more, we all stayed silent at the sound of one familiar laugh. The Whipper's cackling.

"He he heeeee... Turns out 'The Alamo' was way easier ta trap than I thought!" I turned and saw The Whipper, along with his two-man gang, appear behind him.

"Whipper!" I yelled out, really angry. "What're y'all doin back here?!" I asked, angry about all of this. The whole crowd was surprised by him and his gang coming, and since they jumped out right after the mayor called me up here, we all put two and two together and glared at the podium the mayor was still hiding behind.

"Ah cut the act Lonestar!" He yelled out at me. "We know everythin now!" He said, glaring at me with a twisted smirk on his face too.

"W-what?!" I asked, caught off guard by what he just said.

"We. Know. Everythang!" He then turned to his masked gang member. "Quickshot, if ya will?" He asked him.

"Wit pleasure." He said simply. He then tugged on one of the ropes that was holding the banner that said, 'Thank You Alamo!' in sort of sloppy writing, and that banner fell. But hiding behind that banner had another banner that said, 'Who Is Lonestar Alamo?' written in very sloppy writing.

That's when I went wide-eyed at what I saw. He had found out something about me, and he intended to tell all of Pony Valley.

"Now then, where ta start? Oh, I know! How's about why yer here Alamo?!" He asked me rhetorically. I didn't know what he knew, but I just hoped that he didn't know I was from the future.

"STOP!" We all turned to see a small dust cloud coming at us. I recognized the two voices as Jewel and Bright's, knowing that they were here to stop this.

"Ah, the two other guests! I was wonderin when they'd show up!" Whipper said with a happy and satisfied voice. I knew that wasn't good.

"Stop! It's a trap!" I yelled out, hoping to make them stop and run. But as they got right behind the audience, it was too late. We all saw a stray piece of rope spring up thanks to Dead Eye, making the two mares trip over it and go tumbling forward into a net. Which then shot up, trapping them in it along with a few small boxes. They were crushed and couldn't get out, leaving them just as trapped as me.

"Aw, sounds like yer too late there Alamo!" Whipper said, cackling in victory. "Seems like yer outta luck and friends ta save ya!" Whipper gloated.

"No he ain't!" We all turned towards the audience where Spectrum jumped out of and tried to tackle Whipper, but she was caught off guard by Quickshot who intercepted her.

"Ha! Do ya really think that yer girlfriend can save ya?!" Whipper asked me, wondering just how desperate we all were to try to stop them all. But he just had a sly smirk on his face, happy that he had it all planned out. "Now if'n y'all don't mind, I think it's 'bout time we start this real show!" Whipper said to all of us.

After Quickshot finished hog-tying Spectrum Light, Whipper spoke up again. "Now. We all know what went down yesterday! Alamo here branded my shoulder, and we got him back by whippin him in tha eye before takin off! But I bet'cha none of y'all didn't know just why Alamo was here in tha first place!" He said, starting to reveal to them the truth.

"No..." I mumbled, trying to get free.

"What's the matter Alamo? 'Fraid every pony here's gonna find out yer just some stray bounty hunter?!" He asked, saying the last part to the audience. They all gasped at that, not liking that title at all.

I mentally sighed in relief that he didn't find out the real truth, but it still wasn't good that I was being eye-balled by every pony in the audience.

"That's right folks! Turns out the mighty, heroic Lonestar Alamo here ,is just a mean old bounty hunter like us!" Whipper said. Wait what?! How was Whipper a bounty hunter?!

"Like you?! That's a laugh! Yer no bounty hunter!" I said. Bounty hunters brought in evil criminals. Whipper WAS evil, how could he possibly be any kind of good?

"Maybe you don't know this Alamo, but bounty hunters bring in weaker criminals! You and yer two unicorn gang members were just sent here ta try ta bring in us three!" He said. He then turned to the group of ponies that were glaring at me. "Yep! Y'all heard right! All Alamo and his gang's gonna do is bring us in, so they can take our place! And with how they act, there gonna be even more ruthless than us! So do ya really wanna have ta be tortured by The Alamo Gang, or The Whipper Gang?!" He asked them.

I never even showed signs of being a ruthless thug like these three! Why would they even consider chosing him and his gang over-

"Let um drop!" I heard one pony from the audience call out, mad at me. "Kick The Alamo Gang outta here!" I heard some mare yell out, just as mad. "Kick his flank!" I heard a little colt yell out, adding onto the riot forming right now. Are they all serious?! We haven't even done anything!

"Alamo..." I turned towards Spectrum, who looked completely betrayed. "Is this all true? Are y'all really just here ta bring em in?" She asked, looking right at me.

"Well... Yeah but," Before I could try to explain myself, Whipper cut in.

"And there ya have it every pony! This head in tha clouds pegasus thinks he can just bring The Whipper Gang in so he and his friends can take over this here town! If we kick em out now, than not only will ya only have ta not worry 'bout any other bounty hunters but us here, but yer never gonna have this mark as punishment!" Whipper said, taking his bandages off his shoulder to show a black horseshoe brand mark on his shoulder.

The whole crowd gasped at the sight of the mark. "That's right, get a good long look! Cause instead of bein punished by havin yer tails cut off, he'll just brand ya like a bunch a wild animals! And with them two unicorns ownin a jewelry shop, who's ta say they ain't makin branders fer all y'all right now?!" He said.

I saw what this whole plan was about. He's not only trying to make the whole town hate me, he's trying to get rid of Jewel and Bright too! And it was working!

"Burn the Shining Gemstone!" "I want my money back!" "This piece of trash jewelry ain't wanted in Pony Valley!" A mare said, throwing her silver necklace at me.

That's when the rest of the crowd started throwing any jewelry they had gotten from Jewel at me, and my only remaining two friends in the net. Then after they ran out, they started throwing rocks at just me, insulting me, and just over all hating me in every way.

"Untie me." Spectrum said calmly, but loud enough over the crowd that me and Whipper's gang could here.

"What?" Whipper asked flatly, caught off-guard by what she had just said.

"UNTIE ME!" She yelled out, making Whipper jump back in fear. She looked fed up.

"Fine! Dang! Dead Eye, cut the mare out." He said, stepping back.

Dead Eye took out his knife and cut the rope, freeing Spectrum. "Now give me that whip!" She yelled out at Whipper, furious.

"What you gonna do with it?" He asked, slightly amused by her anger.

"I see a black and yellow pinata danglin by a rope! I want candy that tastes like revenge! GIVE! ME! THAT! WHIP!" She ordered.

Whipper jumped back a little more, caught off-guard by her sudden burst of pure anger. But he soon started cackling madly as he tossed her his whip, not able to contain his amusement.

She then took the whip and turned towards me, angry. I didn't flinch, but still didn't want to get hit. "Spectrum listen I-"

"Shut it!" She said, whipping me in the chest to make me be quiet. I cried out in pain and the crowd just cheered, happy that I was hurting. "You lied ta me! I thought you were fightin Whipper outta the kindness a yer heart! But turns out yer just as heartless as he is, if not more! So if ya don't have a heart, this shouldn't hurt!"

She then whipped me in the chest three more times, making me cry out in more pain. "Why ya cryin out in pain Alamo?! If that is yer real name that is! Ya got no heart, that shouldn't a hurt!" She cried out. She then just sent the whip out at me blindly. Not able to see clearly because of tears forming in her eyes.

I covered my face with my metal leg, but the rest of me was defenceless. I was spun around because I was stuck in the air by a single rope, making me get whipped everywhere. My chest some more, my back, my flank, the back of my neck, almost everywhere. Each one making me cry out in pain.

After what seemed like one-hundred whips everywhere, the crowd was going crazy like they were at an amazing circus. Spectrum stopped to catch her breath, but still really angry. "Now ya know how I feel!" She said, apparently feeling like an indestructible, but pain feeling, pinata that was attacked by a thousand little kids.

She then turned to The Whipper Gang, where Whipper was rolling around cackling at this point. She sent one crack of the whip at him, hitting him in the brand mark I gave him. He stopped laughing and hissed in great pain, the brand still sore. "Don't think this means I don't hate you too!" She threw the end of the whip at him, making it land in front of him. She then walked off, looking ready to beat up anything that got in front of her.

"Well that was fun while it lasted..." Whipper said, getting back up from rolling around in pain. "To bad she's gonna miss the best part!" He then turned to the audience. "Now are y'all ready fer the shockin part?!" He asked, getting the full attention of every pony here.

I looked towards him, the adrenaline of my anger making me conscious enough to be able to look towards him. "See all three a these ponies?!" He asked the audience.

"Yeah!" The audience all cried out.

"Turns out they didn't just come outta no where! They were actually brought in by a certain dumb, lazy Princess!" He started. They all gasped at what exactly he just said, as did I, Bright, and Jewel.

"Yep! Princess Celestia sent this here pegasus and two of her unicorn lackies to put us in check! So the Princess not only went from just sitting lazily on her throne, but now she's sendin in high-class bounty hunters ta try ta set Pony Valley straight in her eyes!" He told them all.

That made the audience grumble and mutter to one another, not really sure what to think about all of this. They were all on board with hating me and the other two, but questioning Celestia's power was still a little debatable between all of them.

"Come on y'all, think about it! That lazy Princess has never even left her palace up in Canterlot! She's never done anythin fer all of us ponies livin outside her safe, pampered town! Well I say that we're all here too, and we're just as important as any of them fancy stuck up ponies up in Canterlot!" He said, trying to make them all see his point of view.

"Yeah..." A decent amount of them muttered, still a little unsure.

"What was that?! I can't here ya! Are y'all sayin that y'all prefer bein forgotten and treated badly by Celestia?!" He asked them with anger in his voice.

"NO!" Most all of them yelled out, starting to get the crap Whipper was yelling out.

"Are y'all happy with livin in a dusty old useless town where we aren't even cared by some stuck-up, rich and 'powerful' Alicorn?!" He asked them, trying to get them nice and angry.

"NO!" Pretty much all of them yelled out, now good and angry.

"Well neither am I! In fact, I'd say it's time fer a change! Princess Celestia's been in control too long! So I gots a plan! With all yer help, I think that we can finally stand up ta her!" He yelled out.

"YEAH!" They all yelled out, ready to fight for their 'freedom'.

"And I know just how were gonna do it too! First off, I think it's time fer mayor Mc Hide here to step down!" Whipper said, walking over to the podium. He picked up the shivering mayor and ripped off the mayor badge he had on, sticking it to his own vest. "And fer some pony with real authority ta stand up!" He said, talking about himself.

He threw the mayor aside, leaving him to fall beside the hole that was under me. The mayor didn't dare argue as he just shivered and acted scared as he hid behind his hooves like a pansy.

"Now any pony that wants to help all us ignored ponies stand up ta Princess Not-Care-Stia, meet me at tha punishin grounds! We start a revolt fer our future! NOW!" He said, now running off towards the punishing grounds, the whole audience right behind him and his gang.

I just stayed dangling by the rope. But I just couldn't believe what had jut happened. Not only did he turn all of Pony Valley against me and the other two, but he convinced them all to think that Celestia was an unfair, evil, tyrant! Whipper had gone off the deep end! He was convincing the whole town to follow him and over throw Princess Celestia herself!

I tried to get free, than quickly remembered my ear. I un-hooked it and cut myself free, making me fall onto the stage. I got up and hooked my ear back in place, before going over and setting Jewel and Bright free.

"I can't believe it... I... I just can't believe it..." Bright said, in pure shock of everything that had just happened.

"I know... But it did anyway." I said, giving all three of us a reality check. "We lost."

"Now wait a second Alamo. We might have lost this time but-" Before Bright could even argue, I stopped right there.

"But nothing Bright!" I yelled out, the adrenaline in me keeping me from even wanting to hear any of it. "We ain't stoppin Whipper now! No matter what we do from this point on, he'll be there waitin for us. The whole town right behind him!" I added.

"Um Alamo..." Jewel said, looking a little surprised about something. I assumed my sudden outburst.

"No Jewel. Face it! Whipper got us! It doesn't even matter if we did this to bring equality to Equestria or not at this point, cause now we're just gonna be treated like some dirty rotten criminals!" I told them.

"Alamo, I think what Jewel's trying to say is-" I stopped Bright once again.

"Listen girls, no matter what ya keep tryin ta say to me, it won't change anythin! Whipper and his gang won! We lost... I should'a known that this crazy hair-brained plan wouldn't work! I mean, I'm no hero! If anythin, I'm just makin it worse! Cause a me comin ta stop Whipper from torturing every pony, I just made the whole town fall for Whipper's plan to take over Equestria as new ruler!" I told them. I just fell to the side, admitting defeat depressingly. "We lost. Faster we realize it, tha better." I said, sighing at this point. I mean, I just screwed up the whole future now.

I pulled out the picture in my pocket and saw that not only were ALL of my friends fading from existence, but now Ponyville itself was changing. It went from looking happy and colorful, to looking run-down, dried up, and destroyed. Since the picture came with me, it was still going to be here forever, looking off in that direction. Even if no pony was there to take the picture at this point in time, the picture was going to show what was there now. But the whole entire future was changing before my eyes. Meaning that Whipper's changed the outcome of the future by beating Celestia and taking the crown.

"Oh fer the love of sarsaparilla! Turn around ya sad-sack a feathers!" I heard a familiar up-beat voice call out from behind me.

I lazily turned my head to face the voice, wondering who else was ready to pelt me with jewelry and rocks. But instead of doing any of that, the group behind me just left me in shock.

It was Diane right in front of me. Along with Tune, Carrot Topper, Beatrice Note, Fire Leaf, Flitter Calm, and even that doctor that patched my eye up.

"What're ya doin on the ground?! Get up Alamo!" Tune told me, acting as if I was sad for no reason.

"What..." I started to say, getting up from the ground. "What're y'all doin here? Shouldn't ya be listenin ta Whipper's revoltin plan?" I asked them, confused as to why they were here.

"Yer kidin right?" Fire Leaf asked with a entertained look. "Alamo, we know that you ain't no bounty hunter. That brand ya gave Whipper was to keep him away from killin Tune here! We all know that!"

"She's right sir." The doc said. "If Tune's main spike here was to be cut off, it would've been the end of him." he proved her right. "You saved this here baby dragon's life." he reminded me.

"Not only that, but ya saved my saloon!" Diane added. "If it weren't fer you, The Whipper and his gang would'a made off with three barrels a water! I was goin broke as it was with him just taken two a month! I'd be outta business fer good if he made off with three!" She told me, really thankful.

"Not to mention," Beatrice started to add. "I was raised in Canterlot. Princess Celestia cares for every pony in Equestria. But because of Canterlot itself starting to dry out too, the whole town's started to get worried. So she's doing the best she can to keep her direct home calm first." Beatrice finished.

"And lastly," Carrot Topper started to conclude. "what cold-hearted bounty hunter would try ta say no ta Diane's hospitality?" He asked. "Not ta mention that there speech ya gave when ya didn't even think any pony was listenin proves ya have a heart a gold." He finished with a great smile on his face.

"Plus you helped us when we were on that sign, and you didn't even know 'bout Whipper till we told ya." Flitter Calm added with almost no emotion behind it. But you could tell that she was thankful.

"Yeah! So that proves that Celestia didn't 'hire' ya ta come and bring in Tha Whipper! That proves you were just comin inta town and saw two mares that needed help! Sounds like an honest hero ta me!" Tune said with a great big thumbs up.

"You see Alamo?" Bright said, making us all look to her. "We still have a chance! All it takes is a good voice and selfless actions to make a true statement!" She said to me with a smile.

After hearing all of that, I looked back to the photo. Really having hope build back up. And as I did, I saw all my friends and Ponyville go back to normal for a split second. That made me know that there was still a chance.

I pocketed the photo and stood up. "Ya know what? Yer all right! If we all band together, we can take Whipper and his gang!" They all smiled and some cheered in happiness and excitement.

"Along with his army of foolish town's folk that have supplies ready to take on Canterlot?" Flitter Calm asked emotionlessly, making us all remember that little detail.

"Oh, don't worry 'bout that none!" Diane said. She then turned around and put her hoof to her mouth, whistling loudly. That's when the cavalry showed up. Quite literally I might add.

Coming out from behind a nearby building, all the regulars from Diane's Lagoon all started coming over. About four of them were carrying a barrel of water each, while the rest had heavy packs filled with gear, tents, and supplies.

"Wait, just how many ponies are there?" I asked, trying to count them all.

"Well, Pony Valley has, oh I'd say, around two-hundred heads livin in it. The rough and tough ponies in this group that live here are about twenty-nine heads. The other twenty-one are travellers that've heard the real stories bout'ya. So that makes fifty heads, ready ta stop an army for the one an only Lonestar Alamo!" She said, introducing them all. "Say hi boys!" She told them

"Hi there Lonestar Alamo, sir!" They all said together as if I was there Drill Sargent in the army, and they were all privates.

"And uh Alamo?" Fire Leaf said, making me turn to her. I still had a look of amazement on my face, but she was about to make me have my jaw fall off. "Lookie here!"

She then turned towards the other side of the road we were on. "Come on out every pony!" She said, yelling out.

One by one, I saw another small army start to come out. All of them being a pegasus with their tails cut off. Some looked completely confident, while some looked a little cautious. But they all had one similar look upon seeing me. Relief.

"I'd like ya ta meet every pegasus that stays in Pony Valley, or that came to thank the one and only brave Lonestar Alamo for sticking up for every pegasus when no pony else had the courage ta do so!" Fire Star said.

"And... And how many are here?" I asked, stupefied by the sight of two armies all looking towards me.

"Oh, just about sixteen of the fastest mares in pegasi this side of Equestria, and exactly thirty-two strong stallions ready to fight under yer command!" She said, getting all hyped up. "About fourteen of em are from around here too." She told me.

"And if I may sir..." I turned towards the doctor, who was now getting my attention. My face was frozen by all that was happening, but the doctor knew why and understood why. "Back at the healing grounds, I know about twelve ponies that are healthy enough to help you. And all twelve of them are extremely thankful for you standing up to The Whipper."

"So counting us, that makes..." Bright started to count all of us, but I already counted us all up.

"One hundred and twenty heads all together..." I said, loud enough for the mane ten of us to hear.

"Yeah! Whipper's losin ta us fer good this time!" Tune said loud enough for all of us to hear.

They all started to cheer, ready to stop Whipper for good. "WAIT!" We all stopped cheering and turned towards the stage, where the mayor was coming down and coming towards me. "I may have my mayor's badge missin, but I'm still the mayor of Pony Valley! And I refuse to let some pony with no authority run a whole army!" He said.

We all frowned or glared at him, and as he got in front of me he reached into his back pocket. "Seeing as how you have no authority, you ain't fit to run an army. So..." He took his hoof out of his pocket, drawing it back as if he was about to hit me. I drew my head back a little, not really liking the idea of being hit in the face.

He then thrusted his hoof forward, but instead of hitting me in the face, he pinned a medal to my vest. I looked at my vest as he spoke up. "So I declare that you are officially the sheriff of Pony Valley!" He said with great happiness.

Every pony around us cheered greatly, happy that I was now a sheriff. "Well Sheriff Alamo..." I turned to Bright, who now had a smile on her face, along with every pony else. "What's the plan?" She asked what every pony was wondering.

"Well..." I said, trying to think of something. "Doc, ya mind if we use the healin grounds as our camp grounds fer now?" I asked. He gave me a nod, signaling that it was fine.

I then jumped up on the stage so they all could hear, but stayed just quiet enough so Whipper and his army wouldn't be able to hear our plan. "Alright every pony! Here's tha plan! I need two of you," I said, pointing to Diane's group. "ta go over ta Whipper's army! I need ya ta find out when there leavin fer Canterlot! Once ya find that out, come back ta the campsite and tell me. Every pony else! Move out ta the healin grounds!" I said to them.

"Yes Sheriff Alamo!" They all said as if we were all in the military. They all then started running towards the healing grounds, except for two stallions who calmly started heading out towards Whipper's group as spies.

After I jumped off the stage, I looked up so I could run after them towards the healing grounds, but they were all already gone. They were already halfway between the stage and the healing grounds.

"How are they all that fast?" I asked in amazement, watching as what looked like a giant sandstorm was heading for the healing grounds.

"What do you mean?" Bright asked, her and Jewel walking up to me. We were the only three still here, all the others gone by now.

"What do I mean?! Look at all of em! There already long gone! Even tha one's that were carrying heavy barrels a water!" I said, now not able to see them at all.

"You know, after adapting to life outside of Canterlot, we learned a lot of things. Maybe it would help for you to learn them too." Bright said to me.

"Like runnin that fast?" I asked them.

"Yes." She answered simply.

Yeah... Ya know what, yer right. I say that if I'm gonna change the past, I should adapt ta tha past first!" I said, having a hit of realization. "Cause those who don't know history, are doomed ta repeat it." I said, quoting Edmund Burke.

"First off," I started, turning to them. "can you two teach me how ta run that fast?" I asked them, ready to learn how to do just that.

"Actually, that's pretty easy. You just have to get in the right state of mind. First, you must have a clear mind and only focus on the target. Then the only difference between running fast like them, and normal running is to ignore the way and fact that you're running all together. For instance, the ground you're running on isn't going to be straight and smooth like a track. It has rocks, and bumps, and hills. So you have to make it in a way where you aren't running with a pattern like normally. So you have to forget running in a pattern completely." Bright explained to me. "And it's pretty easy to pick up. Here, follow us and try to keep up by doing exactly what we do."

Hearing those words come from some pony that looks like Twilight was really off. I shook off the oddness of it though and nodded.

They both then took off, me following them. I could tell that they were both running slower than they could've been, and yet I was still slower than them.

I looked at how they were running and saw that there was no pattern at all like they said. Actually they were running kind of like a cheetah would without any pattern at all.

So I did the same, just trying to forget how any pony ran normally and ran as if I was running with completely numb legs. And in a strange way, it was working. The path was a little bumpy, but it didn't matter because before I could realize it, I was already past it.

"Good, you're getting the hang of it!" Bright said as she looked over, not even looking at where she was going at all. "Now let's see if you can keep up with going as fast as we can!" She challenged, again it sounding strange coming from some pony who sounded like Twilight.

That's when they took off even faster than before. So fast that they had a dust cloud surrounding them as they ran forward. I tried to do the same, but if I flailed my legs just a little more crazily, I would be tripping over them.

I tried to look at how they were running again, but the dust kept me from seeing it. I looked around where I was and noticed that I wasn't kicking up much dust at all. Just a small amount. That's when I realized how they were running. They were running in a way where there hooves weren't anchoring into the ground to push themselves forward. They were running without any grip.

No grip. That's how they ran so fast! They cleared their mind so they didn't think about controlling how they ran, making it so they were going as fast as possible without worrying about what was in front of them.

"Alright, I got it now..." I said to myself, getting ready. Hopefully I could get it right. "No grip!" I told myself, getting in the state of mind they were talking about.

And in that moment after telling myself that, I made myself forget about what would happen if I ran out of control, or crashed into something. I just started running without a care. And as I did, I saw myself catch up to Jewel and Bright.

It was kind of hard to tell seeing through the dust cloud, but I could still see where I was. And I just passed the two of them without a problem. Running normally, I was pretty fast to begin with, meaning that originally I was faster than them. And now that we were all running with no grip, that made me faster than them still.

"HA HA!" I laughed as I passed them, having the time of my life from running this fast. I was running as fast as an actual cheetah, if not faster. "Keep up now you two!" I challenged them, still running.

But I didn't look behind me as I just kept running. It was surprising how fast I was going too! I was running probably about as fast as I would be flying at top speeds without any electricity. And it was amazing!

Soon enough I saw the healing grounds approaching quickly. So I acted as if I was on a skateboard and just powerslided my way to a stop, making me stop just in front of the healing grounds. Where any pony that was near that side of the camp grounds looked at me in amazement.

"What?" I asked, confused as how they all looked shocked. I mean, I ran just like they did, so what were they so speechless about?

A few seconds later, Bright and Jewel caught up and slowed down to a point where they just walked normally. They had a similar shocked expression. "Okay, how did you run that fast?!" Bright asked, now as surprised as I was back at the stage.

"I just did what y'all did." I told them, my western accent still in play this whole time.

"Well that might be so, but you are way faster than we are." Jewel said, surprised.

I looked at them, then towards the small group of ponies that was watching and did the only thing I could really do. Smile at what I had done. "Well then guess that I've caught up in runnin." I said, a little cocky about my speed. So from there I just started walking forward, leaving them all still shocked. But even though I had 'No Grip Running' down, I still had a lot of things to learn if I was going to beat an entire army led by Whipper. As did our army. With that much said, I guess we start now.

After walking a few feet, I saw all the army set up tents and there supplies for a good night's sleep. Tomorrow morning we were all gonna get ready for what was to come, and we were all going to do it together. All pegasus, unicorn, and earth ponies alike.

And with all of us banning together, The Whipper wasn't going to even leave Pony Valley if we have anything to say about it. And that was a promise I'm willing to make.

The Civil War of Pony Valley has now begun.

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And so it begins. With an army of rebels versus an army of peacekeepers, this is the start of a civil war. One that will decide the fate of Equestria! How's it going to end? Guess you all will just have to read next chapter to find out! Which again, I should have up in about two-three days! I really hope that your all enjoying this all, because I have the rest of the chapters ready for y'all! So until next time every pony!

Oh and by the way, just because I got beat up by three fillies, that doesn't make me weak or anything. In fact, I was just going easy so that's why they were able to-

Scootaloo: There he is! Get him! *they all started charging in*

Oh why can't I get a break? *is tackled to the ground and starts getting beaten up by three fillies. Again*

QotC: What would you be thinking if you were involved in this civil war? If you could, would you join a side, or try to just stay neutral? Why?