Everything had gone dark. He couldn’t tell for how long, but at least he was awake now. He was lying on the side, so he was able to look around himself quite well by just moving his eyes. Right now, he was staring at the ground, but he managed to look up. Luna was still there fighting off hordes of dragons. The dark blue magic that shot out for her horn pierced through the dragons completely and left a big hole that went straight through even the biggest of dragons. He saw dragon after dragon fell down to the ground, roaring in pain. He saw, but he could barely hear. He was almost deaf.

He closed his eyes, trying to remember what just happened. Canterlot had been attacked by dragons. Princess Celestia was badly hurt. He remembered talking to Luna, but couldn’t remember about what. He remembered them going outside from the castle to assist in the evacuation. Then the dragons had pushed through the pegasi defenses. The battle had begun for his part. Exactly what had happened after that was a blur. He remembered death. For dragons and ponies alike. Then he must have taken a hit from something. A dragon, most likely. Everything had gone dark and now he woke up in the mud.

He opened his eyes once again. He couldn’t believe how hard it was to do something so simple. Luna was still fighting off the dragons, but it seemed like she had a hard time doing so. There was a limit of him much she could do. And perhaps this was it? As he took his eyes from her and looked around him, a horrible sight occurred to him. The ground was filled with corpses. Dragons covered in blood were lying on top of each other. But when it came to the ponies, the corpses were, for most part, torn apart. The majority of the dead ponies were Royal Guards, but a few from the Night Guard had joined them as well. This was a sight that normally would make him throw up. But now he barely cared. He was so tired; he couldn’t feel any feelings at all. He didn’t feel anger, sorrow or fear. Everything was so blank and it felt unreal. Like he wasn’t even there. But he knew very well what was going on.

As he tried to move, he realized his body didn’t do what he wanted it to. He was just lying there. He actually couldn’t even feel his body. Was it even there? He wasn’t able to move his head enough to check. But at this point, he didn’t even care.

He looked up again. To the sky this time, and not on Luna. Up in the sky, the Night Guard and the dragons were battling to gain control of the sky. It seemed like the Royal Guard were focusing on dealing with the dragons that had landed on the ground and had left the sky for the Night Guard completely. He looked back at Luna once again. She was looking straight at him for a second but had to turn her focus to an incoming dragon. She dodged the dragon’s claws gracefully before shooting a dark blue beam straight through the dragon’s eyes which killed it instantly. Then she quickly ran up to him and bowed down.

     “Shining Armor! Can you hear me?”, she yelled. He did hear her, but barely. He tired to answer, but couldn’t. All he could do was staring back at her with blank eyes. Luna’s face was now blurry, but he could clearly see how worried she looked. She was staring at him for a second before standing straight up and shouting something to somepony he couldn’t see. Now he couldn’t hear a single word what she said. His vision got more and more blurry for every second that passed by. He realized that somepony was lifting him up as everything before his eyes started shaking. His head also fell in such a position that he could see his body. Apparently his leg was ripped off. How didn’t he notice that? He felt neither pain nor confusion as he saw a trail of blood following him as somepony pulled him away. Only one thing went through his mind. Please, Twilight... Stay alive… Next Chapter: Chapter 30: The Cave Estimated time remaining: 26 Minutes