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Eyes on The Horizon

by Calex Winteridge

Chapter 9: Mistakes Made (Re-written)

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11:45am…

International Equestrian Shipping Yard...

As Princess Celestia and the two elements began their descent from doing business with the humans, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy took off from the back of the chariot and landed first and waited for the princess to do the same. When the wheels hit the concert and they stopped turning she quickly disembarked and headed for the chariot lead pony. Upon reaching him she told him to leave and gather shining armour and ask him to report here with a platoon of guardsmen.

When the first one left the chariot and went towards canterlot, she spoke to the second, ordering him to gather his squad and set up barriers street side to keep back civilians so the humans could arrive in peace. After he saluted and left, Celestia went back to Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash whom were almost standing at attention next to each other near the rear of the chariot looking out towards the ocean, as if they were soldiers.

Celestia walked up to them as she too watched the horizon for the ship they had seen and spoke to. As she got close to them though they turned back to her and stepped aside, making room for her to stand between them. Celestia reached them and sighed heavily, taking in the salty sea air through her snout and letting it out through her mouth.

"Uh your majesty," Came Fluttershy to her left. She looked down to her, "What are we going to do with those, things?" She asked in a timid voice as part of her smooth pink main dropped in front of her right eye.

Celestia understood why she was scared, though that's just how she was, how her persona was made to be, she could feel the same fear. This is the first time this had happened in their history. She wasn't sure how to ease her of her stress so she just shook her head and sighed.

"Fluttershy I wish I knew myself, I've never had to deal with this before and quite frankly, I really wish Twilight was here so I could try and make some sense out of what happened with her spell."

From her right came another voice, belonging to Rainbow Dash.

"Twilight's back with the rest of the group, and they are hopefully making their way up here by now. I hope, the last thing we need right now is any more complicated things to happen." She said as Celestia and Fluttershy turned to her. She was right.

12:00am...

Fifteen minutes went by from when they landed and already Celestia had about twenty yard workers come up to them and greet them, not to mention the countless other civilians as well. Though it was nice to mingle with my subjects Celestia thought, it didn't help that she was worried about these humans, what had she done to their world, to their world. She couldn't imagine what their had done to their world.

"Your majesty," Came a deep, yet youthful voice from behind her. Celestia nearly jumped from the sudden noise. She and the two next her turned around to see that, along with a whole group of guards was the captain of the royal guard, Shining Armor. Celestia smiled and walked up to him, as he lifted a hand to make her acquaintance. She happily obliged with lifting her hoof to him and him kissing the top in greeting.

"Pleasure to see you again captain, it's been awhile since I had to call you out to anything." She said as he looked at her with attentive eyes. He chuckled and nodded once.

"Yes, yes it has. If feels good to be out of the castle. No offence your majesty." He said with a another chuckle. "Anyway, what am I and my platoon being called to?" She nodded and turned to look towards the sea.

"We have visitors coming, lets just say very foreign, and I need this place locked down with every entrance blocked off to keep the ponies back the visitors in the yard. I would also like if you could have your squads send out an aerial surveillance system to keep an look out for their ships. Understand?" She said making direct eye contact with him again. When Celestia finished he saluted and turned around to his troops who immediately snapped to attention. With a commanding voice he spoke out."

"Okay I want a ground squad and a air squad, ground squad you're with me second squad you are to to keep the air space above us secure."

As if by magic the platoon separated into two groups one group filled with unicorns and earth ponies, and the other filled with pegasi. Both groups had twelve ponies in each. He continued to talk and gave both squads names naming one group Alpfa, and the other one Bravo. He dismissed them and they went into action immediately.

12:30am...

Guard ponies trotted about the ship yard armed with spears and crossbows as a fence was erected behind them separating their section from civilian interactions. The yard workers were dismissed and told they could have the week off as the visitors would be using their facilities.

As time went on Princess Celestia and the two elements began to talk about local gossip, as they had nothing better to do. Little did they know, the problems that were coming their way.

"Your majesty!" Came a guard from behind the group at the waterfront. Celestia turned around and looked a a earth pony guard they looked as if he had seen a ghost.

" Yes? Is something the matter?" She asked as he trotted in place. He nodded quickly.

"Yes! The other elements have arrived and there appears to be wrong with Twilight! She isn't moving." The two friends whipped around to look at the guard as if he were joking. "A medic was on stand by and he said she's been plunged into a magic induced coma." Celestia and the two beside her approached the guard with urgency.

"Where is she?" Rainbow Dash demanded. The guard turned his head and pointed his hoof towards a giant white and red building in the skyline of manehatten.

"She's on her way to manehatten hospital, the rest the the elements are with her, they also asked of the remaining elements to come to the hospital." He looked back to Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. The two looked to the guard then to the princess whom was already looking at them.

She nodded in approval, and as quick as a lighting bolt, the two raced off with the guard in their wake. Celestia however turned back around and walked back to the waterfront and looked over the ocean with one thing on her mind.

'I did this.' She thought, 'Why didn't I wait till much later, I knew she wasn't ready for that test yet, how could I have let this happen? Now, I've jeopardized Equestrias main defense force, were defenceless.'

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