"Run! Get on aboard! We've not much time left before they swarm us!" I called out from within the train as the bloodied display of gore flying everywhere as explosions rocked the earth itself continues in front of me.

The castle in the distance was beginning to crumble away as infernos eat away its wooden structures. A continuous line of pirates and captive ponies were streaming into the train that I was on. The foul smell of smoke stifled me, but its bitterness pales in comparison to the flesh rotting away in the streets.

A beam of energy strikes the side of the train, shaking it. Suddenly, in an enraged state, a pirate who was within the train yelled out in a frenzied wrath, "Come at me, you four-legged bastards!" Without even regarding tactics, he peeks out from cover and begins laying a wall of led at the line of unicorns forming in the distance.

He continued pulling the trigger like a madman before beam of magic sent him flying outside the train through the train-window behind him.

Suddenly, a hand pats me on the shoulder from behind me. Turning to face whoever this was, I was relieved to see that it was Min. "That's it, comrade." Min gestures to the last remaining group of pirates and prisoners. "All of us crazed gunmen are at the front. The trembling ponies are all shoved at the rear. We have a close eye kept on them. It's time to leave!"

I nod in agreement before responding, "Alright-" I was interrupted as another blast impacts the ground near the train. The mere force from the blast sent whole chunks of rock the size of whole bodies to the sky.

Recovering from the tremor caused by the large explosion, I yelped out, "Argh! What was that? That was more potent than-" I trailed off as my eyes become the size of pine-needles.

I open my eyes to scan for the one responsible for the ruinous beam, only to be met with dread. In the distance, flying away from the castle and hovering downwards to the battlefield was no other than Celestia.

And she looks really she pissed off.

I point towards the engine room of the train. "Now. We have to leave now," I turn to face Min, trying my best to avoid breaking down. "We're going to be burned at the stake if we don't leave! We have to go now!"

Taking the command seriously, Min scurries off to the pilot of the room, shoving multiple of the passengers who were pre-occupied in shooting the surrounding ponies. "We have to go!" he shouted. "Start the train!" he repeated as he vanished into the crowd of pirates.

Suddenly, the train whirred with life. Promptly, the train started to move. Accelerating gradually higher as seconds passes, the ponies give chase at us but the train shifts into full-speed.

I take a sigh of relief. Suddenly, my moment of relaxation was taken away from me as the sound of a sound akin to that of hell itself emerging from the ground. It was undoubtedly an attack from Celestia as the magnitude of the earth shaking was only something that she could pull off... But why am I still alive?

I looked around and noticed that all of my pirates were looking to the left side of the train. Fearing for the worst, I turned to the left.

I was appalled as the entire left side of the train was replaced with nothing. I presume that Celesita sent a wave of destruction at me, but it seems that she's struck the wrong portion of the train.

Worry eating away at my soul, I called out, "Dammit! Were theresome of us there at that side of the train?!"

The majority of the pirates shook their head, the other pirates simply stared dumbfounded at the missing half of the train. Suddenly, Min approached me, emerging from the crowd. "There weren't any of us there, but all of the prisoners were all loaded back there."

I slumped to the floor, my back being supported on the wall. I couldn't help myself from grasping my head with both of my hands as despair embrace me. "Oh... Hell. It's only going to be a downward spiral into hell once they find out that it was loaded with their own..."

"It's not over yet!" A pirate yells out, pointing to something high in the sky. Sensing nothing but trouble, I rose up and made my way at the now roof-less part of the train. I looked up. My thoughts were simply nothing but disbelief at that point.

Pegasi carrying unicorns blotted the sky. Fire came down from their horns, flourishing the sky with its brilliance as it struck the ground in a blazing display. They all attempted to strike down the train, but thankfully enough, the train was going fast enough to avoid all of their shots.

That was not what concerned, however. In the midst of the swarm of pegasi and unicorns, was Celestia. Her wings beat the air heavily as her horn brimmed with power. Almost struck speechless, I muttered, "She's storing power for a..."

Frantically, I turned to face my pirates. "Give me a scoped weapon! Quick!" I issued that command at the top of my lungs. The crowd of pirates shifted uncomfortably before finally one of them threw out a rifle with a scope attached to it.

With precision bestowed by adrenaline, I grab the rifle as it was thrown to me. With almost unmatched speed, I begin to take aim. The cross-hairs, were lined up directly at her face, but I couldn't stop shaking. "Dammit," I muttered silently. Taking aim at the base of her horn, I pulled the trigger.

The gun let out a piercing roar as it discharged a bullet. The bullet traveled from the gun and into Celestia in a split second. Unfortunately, she let loose a protective barrier, causing my shot to be deflected. I felt as if I was being digested by sorrow itself.

I did not give up there, however. "Everyone!" I called out to my pirates, "Aim at the big one! We're going to be burned to death if we don't bring her down!"

Complying to my command eagerly, all of them take up their arms and aimed at the Solar Princess. A barrage of lead driving itself into Celestia's defensive wall. Each shot seemed to have no effect, but finally, I could see a crack forming on her shield.

Seeing that this will end up with her dying, she flew down to the ground, disappearing from view as the train departed from Canterlot.

"Finally. It has ended." Unable to cope with the unbearable fatigue wearing away my mind, I collapse to the floor. My vision started to fade as everything gradually became much darker. "Hey Min," I took the attention of Min who was still in disbelief of what happened, "Wake me up when we get to the nearest stop, alright?"

Min simply looked at me and nodded. "Alright. G'night, boss. You can count on me." Wiping off the sweat accumulating on his forehead, he peeks through the window. "Damn. This train is fast. We're already miles away from that place..."

My eyelids closed, causing me to see only darkness. I almost instantly fell into slumber. I don't exactly want to be asleep knowing that someone is hellbent on killing me, but at this point, I can't even lift a finger. Besides, I'll need the much needed rest. In fact, I am so tired to the point that almost all of my limbs have gone numb. I wouldn't be surprised if I lost a finger sometime soon.

Pain suddenly engulfed my whole body as the familiar sound of static began to blot my mind. Attempting to open my eyes, panic started to stir in my mind. I was appalled when I took notice that my eyes were held shut by some sort of force. I tried to struggle, but that borne no fruit as I was held down by paralysis. I tried to open my mouth, but they too were firmly closed.

Emerging out of the shadows, came out a familiar figure; it was me. He calmly approached me, directing a grim smile at me. "Well, have you no idea what you just did?"

I was extremely hesitant. I don't even know if I could even respond at my current state. The only response I could give him was a silent stare.

"Do I really need to explain it?" The mirror-image of myself began to laugh. His laugh struck me with such condescension, I nearly cringed. "You," he points a finger at me, "You killed hundreds of innocent lives. I commend you for that. Never have I seen a summoner as ferocious such as you!" He mockingly spins around.

His word struck my consciousness like a bullet. Absent-minded, I begin to shake my head.

"Oh. Don't give me that look." He rears on me, stopping just inches away from me. "Accidental or not, you still murdered them all, but don't take that as a bad thing, alright?"

I tried to make my face form a grimace, but the feeling of disbelief prevented me from doing so. Instead, I eyed him with both contempt and disgust.

Taking notice of my uncomfortable look, he grins wider. "Don't take that as a bad thing, with all the deaths you've reaped, you're bound to make her snap sooner or later. Once that happens... Heh, I think I'll save it for later, eh? I can't have myself spoiling the surprise for you. Well, until next time, my friend."

Turning away from my face, he begins walking into the abysmal darkness, keeping that eerie grin plastered on his face. He kept walking until he vanished from my sight, leaving me dumbfounded. 'Surprise...? What's the surprise?'

Suddenly, I shot up from my sleep. Cold sweat trickling from my head falling to the floor in a splatter as I breathed heavily, my eyes darted around the train. The orange morning light bathed the train its refreshing embrace as several pirates were asleep on the chairs, the other half of the pirates were all awake, standing watch.

It took me a while to notice, but it seems that I was placed on one of the vacant chairs. I groaned in pain as if was stricken with a hangover as I walk out of the chair. "Min? Min, are you there?"

With a few disgruntled noises and sounds of a few footsteps emanating from the next row of chairs, I heard a faint, "Boss? You're awake?" Turning to my right, I see a half-awake Min stretching his arms as he got out of his chair.

"Oh, I'm sorry to have robbed you of your sleep, but..." I glance wearily at the sun rising in the horizon, "How long was I asleep?" I asked in a tone of curiosity, masking my worry.

Shambling back to his chair, he promptly sat down on it and closed his eyes, "You were asleep for the whole night." My eyes subtly widen in slight shock. That entire conversation with my clone lasted the entire night, apparently.

Muttering almost inaudibly, Min began to shift uncomfortably on his chair, "I told the driver of the train to stop at the nearest settlement, which is just a few minutes away-" Suddenly, the train stopped.

"We're here!" The pirate piloting the train announced, stirring all of the slumbering pirates from their sleep.

"Damn." Min remarked, scratching his head, "This train is really fast."

Lightly chuckling, Min began to head for the exit. I followed beside him as I replied, "Yeah. Well, such is the norm for a place with laser-firing unicorns. Anyways-" My tracks stopped dead as I diverted my sight to the establishment in front of me; several pirates in awe looking at a desolate town.

The town was in complete ruins. Several burnt craters lingered throughout the entire boundary of the town. Several buildings had their walls demolished, and only a few had some structural integrity left to keep standing. The atmosphere of the town itself was just as dead as the corpses strewn about everywhere.

The rotting bodies of ponies were pinned to the walls with what appear to be spiked barbs. "Of all places, it just had to be Ponyville," I muttered to myself as the realization dawned on me.

Min turns to me, a stern look on his face, and spoke out, "Boss, whatever that did all of this might still be here. I think we should get the hell out of here-"

"Let me stop you there," I say as I began walking towards the city. "I know damn sure what committed the complete raze of this town." Technically, that was true. Still, I couldn't help but feel as if I was deceiving them. A facade of a willful face shown on my face, I continued, "And trust me when I say this: they're long gone."

Brushing off the guilt, I head further in the town, issuing one command to my pirates, "Scavenge the town. Get as much resources as possible. I know a place to set up as a hideout."

I jumped over a stream of blood flowing from the cracks of a nearby building. Eyeing a nearby table accompanied with a set of chairs that was in front of a pile of rubble that was once a proud house, I turned my head around to see my pirates still idly waiting. "Guys, whatever did this is no longer here. Trust me."

"Ah. To hell with it," a pirate said as he began to enter a random house. "Maybe we'll find beer, or something," he commented as he opened the door and promptly entered.

The rest of the pirates began to disperse as well, all beginning to loot whatever is left of this poor town. Despite the fact that I couldn't take a good look of Ponyville, I still felt incredibly sorry. "It was... a charming establishment. Now it's been annihilated." I sigh as I continued on talking to myself .

On the corner of my view, I see Min taking a few tentative steps toward me. Looking at him, I awaited what he had to say.

"Hey, boss," he spoke out as he reveals a bottle of what I presume to be was alcohol. "You look as if you have a lot of things going around your mind."

"I do have a lot of things going around my mind; how the hell do I hide from that Sunny maniac? How do I stop myself from having to kill people? How the hell do I get out of here?" I said with exasperated annoyance.

"Which is why I'm gonna offer you this drink. It's hard to worry when you can't even worry for yourself."

I raised my hand open and did a declining gesture. "Sorry. I don't drink."

Min looks at the bottle and sighed, "This is probably crappy beer, anyways." Opening the bottle, he took a sip and subsequently showed a face of disgust as the flavor of poor quality beer burnt his tongue. "Yup. Definitely crappy beer." He turns to walk back to his fellow pirates, "if you need me, I'll be looking for better alcohol. See ya."

I nodded in acknowledgement. Looking around, I saw several of the pirates simply shoving the corpses aside as if they were just mere trash. I stood up as tension began to form in my clenched fist. "No. It's not worth it. They've already had enough. Telling them to be more careful would be too agitating for them." Sighing, I rub my forehead in order to calm myself down."

My ears suddenly perk up to a distant conversation of two pirates ahead of me. Both of the pirates were observing a corpse. "It looks fresh. I never tried horse. Wanna have a go at it?"

The pirate beside him responded with a thumbs up. "Yeah. I heard they taste good."

Unable to cope with the amount of stress building within my mind due to the sight before me, I rose up from my chair with clenched teeth. 'Okay. Now's the time to take action...'