Before they alerted the others about the threat, a mysterious explosion occurs beyond the wonderbolts' sight. Parts of the bomb fell to the ground, more than one of the team members noticed. ' Where did it come from?', they wondered. Perhaps the bomb was lit from further away or it was probably fired from a far off distance, none of them were sure. This bomb, the wonderbolts thought, was fired because the intruder would probably want to take over Equestria or have another intention.

Spitfire and Soarin ran to every room, when both ponies arrived into the lounge room, their fellow teammates were in playing cards and having chats with each other. While each of them were having a great time, the two friends both in command pushed the door open, causing a loud SLAM on to the door, scaring their teammates. "Guys, you have to hear me out. A mysterious explosion has occurred in Equestria and the princesses think it is a major threat", Soarin grumbled to them urgently.

"WHAT?! Why didn't you guys just tell us before, that way we would've known about the threat too", Surprise cried.

"Let's go team", Spit cried holding her whistle with her mouth.

"Look a letter from Princess Celestia", Wave told them. A letter had came to the Headquarters 10 minutes ago.

Dear Wonderbolts,

It is I, Princess Celestia of Canterlot. You must come to Canterlot at once, this is a major emergency. I want to discuss the major explosion you just saw this morning. I'm afraid a distant country and an ally of ours, Saddle Arabia, has been said to be the threat. My guards are certain that they are the ponies behind this. We don't know the reason why they are planning to bomb Equestria, I'm sure we'll find out. The elements of harmony will be by your side to help you on your long tiresome journey. I'm certain that you won't be working alone wonderbolts. Please, no complaints, you must report to the castle gates as soon as possible, an urgent matter is to be discussed.

Yours truly,
Princess Celestia

"Guys, let's go!" their captain shouted.

"Okay we will, but let us get our belongings first".

They all gathered all their belongings and headed out of HQ. Soaring ended up struggling while carrying five , so Soarin ended up dropping everything on the ground because of carrying so much stuff. "It's so heavy", he cried complaining. "Hey Soar, let me help you", Fleetfoot offered.

"Hey thanks".

"No prob".

Spitfire then bellowed the others to keep moving with her hoof, they were really in a rush to get to Canterlot. While Soarin and Fleetfoot helped carry the others luggage. One of the members of the team didn't pack lightly, no wonder it took Soarin a lot of time to carry all of it. With a little help from Fleetfoot, he had no trouble carrying the suitcases. Afterwards, Spitfire decided to let him take a break. Of course, they always chose Fleetfoot. "Can we get somepony else to carry all this".

"Sorry Fleet, but you are pretty strong for a Pegasus. You should do all the carrying for us", Fire Streak said shaking his head.

"Fire Streak, there's no way I'm going t-. Hey!".

"Ha!".

Spitfire shouted. " STOP, BOTH OF YOU!! You do realize that we have an important mission we need to do for the princess. We can't just stand like this and bicker with each other all day. Princess Celestia and the elements of harmony are already waiting for us. LET'S NOT WASTE TIME EVERY PONY, MOVE IT!!!" She blew her whistle at them again, trying to get her teammates attention. They saluted to tell her that they were paying close attention to her, of course, Spitfire just smiled and they were on their way.

"Where are the wonderbolts, Celestia?" Princess Twilight asked the alicorn princess with confusion. "Twilight, there is no need to worry. They're just late as they always are", Celestia replied as she rolled her eyes. The other elements of harmony grew impatient with waiting for the wonderbolts to get to Canterlot. They walked around in circles, waiting impatiently in boredom for them to arrive. Celestia knew how the wonderbolts always acted when it comes to threats that harmed Equestria and its fellow citizens. They would argue about a little something on the way to any destination sometimes, causing them to lose track of time.

"Ah, there you are Wonderbolts. I'm sure you received the letter I sent you". The wonderbolts nodded", Sorry your highness for being tardy, the rest of the teams have their ways wasting their time. But what you said is urgent, we understand your highness", Spitfire said, bowing down on her hoofs.

"I'm sure you know why you're all here. I need to show you something, come with me to our castle library", Princess Luna insisted. She lead them to the West quarters of the castle, passing the Star Swirl wing and leading them to a locked door. She signaled a guard to open the door for them. "Quite a sight, isn't it?" the princess of the night said happily.

"Sister Tia, mind if you show them the book on Saddle Arabia?" Luna whispered to her sister. Celestia used her magic to locate the book from a very high shelf. The book had a fancy jeweled cover with the king' s seal imbedded on the cover. It seemed as if the book were 3,000 years old, way before alicorns came to rule Equestria. Celestia then opened the book and told the story.

"Wonderbolts, as you can see. Equestria and Saddle Arabia were never enemies. One day, they requested us to give some of our valuable goods to them for trade. But we refused, the Arabians were so upset at what we responded to them. They told us, if we don't give away some of our goods in three days. The royal officers discussed with each other, but all of them agreed to refuse the Arabian' s request an--". Celestia was then cut off by Surprise.

"Who were one of the royal officers?" Surprise asked interrupting the alicorn.

"The wisest one of course was, Co-captain Thundershine, of the Wonderbolts". Celestia gulped while Surprise made a shocked expression.

"WHAT?!"

"Surprise, I'm not kidding".

"I'm not laughing". The white alicorn shook her head." Well, it looks like you were".

"Celestia and Surprise, calm down. This is no time for arguing".

Rainbow was completely puzzled, who was Thundershine? Was she just an ordinary Pegasus or was she very important during ponydom? She had so many questions to ask. Still, Rainbow had to wait at the right moment to answer her question. After a few minutes, she left her friends and flew towards Soarin.

"Princess Celestia, who is Thundershine? I didn't quite catch that", Rainbow asked, raising an eye brow. She then patted her hooves on Soarin's shoulder to get his attention.

Princess Celestia pointed her hoof at Soarin. "You should probably ask him."

"Okay."

"Hi Rainbow Dash, what is it?" Soarin questioned. Rainbow scratched her head nervously. " Who's Thundershine?"

"Thundershine is my aunt. She was the original co-captain of the wonderbolts in the past. When she heard of the threat , she immediately went there and tried to stop their plot from happening. Sadly, she was beaten and thrown in a dungeon", Soarin cried out as tear after what he had just said.

"Soarin, I'm so sorry about your aunt. But when we get to Saddle Arabia, I'm sure you'll get to see her again".

"You sure".

"I'm sure".

Celestia then lead them from the castle library, and into the next room. The next room wasn't much of a room, there were little book shelves, but a big round table. Celestia told the ponies it was the royal council room, but bigger then the one inside Twilight' s castle.

"Everypony take a seat". So the ponies obeyed Princess Twilight and they all sat down."When we journey together to Saddle Arabia, all of us must stay together. We will be taking a ferry to Saddle Arabia, and the journey will take about 4 days".

"Does everypony understand the importance of this task?" Everypony nodded and headed towards the exit. A guard lead them out as they exited the royal conference room. 10 minutes later, they took the train to Manehattan and boarded a big ferry that was headed for Saddle Arabia.

Author's Notes:

Readers, you thought I was going to tell you what the mysterious explosion is. Well, I'm sorry to say, I can't spoil the story. If I really did explain what the mysterious explosion, then this wouldn't be a war story after all.

Sorry, I'm a slow writer. Enjoy reading though.

-Sango-