The sounds of ballista bolts crushing and impaling the stone around me were all that I could focus on as I watched Spooks and her group left the courtyard from the right entrance to flank our current attackers, and once her tail vanished behind the marble doors, it was time to go. I gave the signal to move ahead with Evelyn at the back of the pack.

We bounded past a few crates before coming up to a large, metal door that was the main entrance to the fort. Nova unsheathed her blade and gripped it tightly in her mouth and disappeared to do her own thing. Redbeard pumped his shotgun and Stephen burst into flames while Evelyn just stared in awe and horror as the duo grabbed a tower shield each and pressed against the door. I stood up on my back legs and gripped my guitar and played the song back in my head and began whistling the tune, giving the signal to push ahead.

"This is where the fun begins," I cheered, causing the Doe to go pale as her spear trembled in her hooves.

"Push!" I ordered, just as the sound of canons blasted from the other side of the gigantic gate before colliding against the only barrier between us and our foes.

"Argh!" Stephen and Redbeard shouted as the impacts of canon balls hindered their advance, but it didn't stop them.

The gate cracked open, giving me a sliver of the form of a ship blocking the main bridge to the temple. I saw the canons, the Ponies, the Griffins, the Zebras, and the Cats that were waiting and trying to get into the main defense that protected The Temple of Alta. I took a deep breath and walked forward. I did a test strum of my guitar, causing a ball of fire and lightning to appear right beside me. The power of which could destroy the forts gate with ease.

I let out another strum while generating the maximum amount of electricity that I could muster. Two large ethereal missile-looking mini cannons appeared right beside me and began spinning to life as the shooting from the other side of the gate stopped after Evelyn cast a smoke spell with her staff, which allowed the two boys of the group to finish pushing the gate open. Using my Air Sight, I felt that they held their tower shields up, ready for what was about to come.

"Time to party," I said with a smile as I stopped whistling 1812 Overture, and thought of another one that came from one of my favorite anime series of all time.

"Are you crazy! That's just a fancy guitar, and we are outnumbered a hundred to one!" Evelyn squealed as the smoke began to settle.

"You're damn right I'm crazy, normally is for losers," I laughed as I walked forward into the smoke, leaving the cowardly Doe behind to enact my own plan that wasn't a part the original, 'Smoke and Run,' that she suggested in the prison.

I stopped in the center of the smokescreen, getting ready to play my song. I felt around the area with my Air Sight, feeling every location where the mercenaries were stationed, ready to attack whatever came from the smoke. I had to smile at their bravery, and for the epic shit that I was about to pull off. Music Magic is the most overpowered thing in the world of Equis, and the fact that the Temple of Alta and the surrounding archipelago was ripe with it. I just hope that I don't turn into a magical girl because of what I was about to do. I had enough problems as it is.

I took a deep breath and sang.

"Killiter, Ichaival, Tron!"

"Killiter, Ichaival, Tron!" Sang the voice of a Goddess to Evelyn's ears as she took cover behind Redbeard and his tower shield. Her body stopped trembling from the powerful foe ahead of them. Why she was afraid, she would never know. The entire island was something that she feared since her hooves touched the ground. Yet. The voice that erupted just a few feet ahead of her gave her enough courage to peek her head over the stallion's shoulder, and what she saw both made her feel weak and tiny and terrified as to why Winter Rose was called, The Goddess of War.

Evelyn watched as the smoke settled. The whips of white gradually revealed the filly that was the biggest threat to Equestria. She had the biggest shit eating grin on her face as a black and blue armor dressed appeared around her form. Her guitar disappeared and in its place was two dragon claws with many star-shaped nobs along the side. Winters wings were reinforced with the same armor that covered her entire body, making her look even more eloquent than Celestia and Luna's wings combined, as well as intimidating. At her sides were two, hovering, ethereal, boxes that looked like something that Japapony would make in their cartoons. Then, without warning, they transformed in a plum of smoke into two, giant, miniguns, as Winter began to sing.

Winter bolted like a cheetah at the hundreds of mercenaries that guarded the bridge without a care in the world. As she ran on all fours, she left behind an azure trail and claw marks in the stone of the bridge.

"Open fire!" one of the mercenaries shouted, causing thousands of bullets to fly at the charging siren of death.

Winter jumped into the air, dodging all of the bullets that made her former position into a pile of rubble. With a hard flap of her wings, she flew high enough for everyone to see her. Her guns revved to life. Her smile deepened into insanity as she heard on of the leaders to take cover, but to her. That wasn't going to be possible.

"MEGADEATH AFTER PARTY!" She shouted in between the lyrics of her Song.

"Run!" all of the mercs shouted in unison, but it was too late. Winters duel cannons came to life, sending several thousand balls of fire and lighting across the bridge. Pony, Zebra, Griffin, and Diamond Dog that were unfortunate enough to get hit by the endless assault, was blasted into oblivion, but Winter's song wasn't over. There was still survivors left on the ship, and on the island where the ballista bolts were coming from in droves.

Her duel cannons transformed again and attached themselves to her back. Winter rolled her shoulders once the transformation and landed on the blood-covered bridge with a hard *Clank!* She saw the ship and all the life on it. A few cannon balls whizzed by her head, telling it was time for round two.

"GIGA DRILL CHARGE!" Winter shouted just as her song reached its climax. The two cannons on her back exploded like rockets, as she dug her claws into the stone, and, with a laugh. She broke the sound barrier and like a missile, she went through the ship, and on her exit, she stopped and landed on the bridge as the Captain of the ship and his crew drew their swords.

"Kill the Black Queen!" the Captain of the ship ordered to his crew as the airship crashed down on the main bridge. They all stumbled over from the impact as Winter finished her song, but that was just the beginning. Winter closed her eyes and took another deep breath. The Captain of the fallen airship and his crew slowly recovered from their stumble.

"Gatrandis babel ziggurat edenal!" Winter sang, entrancing everyone around her. "Emustolronzen fine el balal zillz!" Lightning shot out from her body, destroying a ballista bolt right before it made contact with her head.

"Gatrandis babel ziggurat edenal." Evelyn, Redbeard, and Stephen stopped storming the ship to see the young Empress radiating with light and raw power. The wind was spiraling around her as the nearby Zebra's closed their ears in pure agony, of the entrancing siren. "Emustolronzen fine el zillz," Winter finished, the song gave her a much-needed boost of power that she didn't think was even possible of recovering in such a short time.

But that wasn't the only thing that happened. Her two guns, Ash, and Cinder, transformed into giant railguns that she held in her claws. In the awe of her new weapons, her enemies broke out of their trance and were rushing at her with hate in their eyes. Winter's smiled returned and like Death The Kid. She gripped her guns with her pinky fingers on the triggers, and shouted, "MEGADEATH AFTER PARTY SECOND BARRAGE!"

"Arrrgggghhhhaaaa!" the mercenaries shouted as they rushed into Winters bullets, which chewed up everything in their path.

*Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!*

Winter jumped back, narrowly dodging a Warhammer that crushed the wood where it smashed and fired three more rounds into her attacker. She rolled underneath a Diamond Dog and fired two shots up its ass. The bullets caused his head to exploded like a grape, sending blood in every direction, temporarily blinding
her foes. She planted her claws on the burning wreckage and threw herself up into the air and into a spin, firing in quick succession, killing all that dared to try and land a hit.

"Is that the best you lot got?!" she yelled as she landed back on her hooves and backstepped from a ballista bolt that impaled the ground in front of her. "I guess not!" she laughed as she fired rapidly at the island that acted as a defense tower to the Temple.

She ducked and dodged both sword and bullet as she sang and danced around each and every foe that dared to attack her blindly without skill. Winters own bullets eviscerated the airship and the mercenaries that got in their way.

In the corner of her eye, she saw that the ponies that she left at the gate was fighting with her, and making it easier for her destruction of the mercenaries to commence, but as she reached her final crescendo. She found herself with the last mercenary that was in her way.

The brawny dark brown stallion with a cutlass with the Captains hat stood in between her and Daring—Who was standing with Nova as they moved one of the remaining cannons and fired back at the Ballista barrage. Winter cracked her neck as her guns morphed back into the meat of her claws, and with a sudden flick of her wings, the Captain of the destroyed ship fell apart into a million, red, pieces.

Evelyn watched in pure terror as the Empress of Arcadia walked over to them with her strange armor disappearing into the wind. She watched Winters jacket and guitar return to normal as she sheathed her claws. Never had she been so afraid of the little true that Celestia warned her and all of her guards. Winter Rose was something to be feared. How she was able to turn music—The very thing that can influence the world—Into a weapon.

In the fire of the wreckage of the ship, as she joined the others without a single drop of the blood that she spilled on her body. The sheer power behind her mismatched eyes as her mane flowed like the fire that she created. Evelyn instantly knew that if she didn't join the young Empress's side, then any hope of returning her homeland back to its former glory was never going to happen.

"Give me a sitrep," I ordered as I took cover behind Stephens tower shield as Daring and Nova fired cannonball after cannonball into the floating tower.

"Well, aside from you freaking us all out with your Magic Girl crap. We managed to take out all of the ballista's that were shooting at us, but as you can see at the bridge that connects to the back of the fort, Spooks, and company aren't having it easy over there," Redbeard hissed as a volley of arrows collided with his tower shield. "That being said. Evelyn! How in fuck are we supposed to regroup with them!?"

"I don't know!" Evelyn complained from behind a couple of barrels. "This wasn't part of the plan!"

"Then what was part of the plan!?" Daring shouted from behind her cannon that looked like it was about to explode from the heat caused by the strain it was put through.

"Steal the ship and fly to the tower! Eeep!" she replied before an arrow barely missed the top of her head. They all paused what they were doing and turned to me with an irritated look for destroying our ride to the island. I returned their gesture with a sheepish smile and pointed to the other bridge that connected to the temple and the tower. They all face hoofed in unison.

"Evelyn, smoke the rest of the bridge. Stephen, Redbeard, be cutie pies and keep us from turning into pincushions. Nova and I will return fire and Winter...Don't blow up the bridge," Daring clarified.

"No promises," I smiled innocently.

We all rushed down the main bridge towards the Temple of Alta, hoping to make it to Spooks's group in time to give them backup. Arrows and bullets rained down from the flying tower, making it difficult for those without the giant shields to move with haste. Daring and Nova fired back whenever they could to give us some leeway on the bridge, but it did little help when we made it to the safety of the temples entrance.

We stopped behind a row of Angelic pillars that gave us enough cover from the onslaught of bullets and arrows from the tower. Just to the east, I could see a small set of stairs that lead to an overlook that had the opening for the other entrance to the tower, but just as I made my find. Several mercenaries poured out from the opening and began running towards us with their weapons drawn and ready.

The "Clack," of a rifle firing from down the hall was the only indication for us to take cover from our breath of a break. I rolled behind one of the pillars for cover, as did the rest. The whizz of the bullet from the rifle skimmed my fur against my snout as I peeked my head out to see how close they were. I reeled back with a "gasp," from almost losing my head and turned on my Air Sight for another fight, but the second I activated my crutch, I began wretching.

"Hey, Winter is coughing up blood!" Daring yelled as she trotted next to me with Redbeard giving her cover fire.

"Fuck, me," I choked as I glared as the small puddle of crimson in front of me. My vision blurred from the sudden pain throughout my body, making me realize that I went above my limit in the Mana department.

"You alright kiddo?" Daring croaked as she handed me her canteen to drink. I looked up at her, seeing double. The sound of fighting was muffled. It was like my ears were covered with a pair of industrial ear protectors, preventing me from hearing anything tangible.

"What do you think?" I groaned back to Daring. "I think I went too far on the Mana department in my Epic mode that I figured out how to do just a few seconds ago. So, do you know how to give me a boost?"

"Hurry up! They have turrets!" Stephen shouted as he sent a wave of fire down at the mercenaries.

After drinking the entire canteen and hearing that we were starting to be pushed back by the mercenaries. Daring handed me a strange crystal that she pulled from her satchel. I frowned at it for a moment before realizing that it was an emergency Mana Battery. I sluggishly grabbed it in my mouth, remembering that I had to break it.

"Careful, it's only temporary. You will have an hour before you collapse from exhaustion," Daring clarified. I gave her a quick nod, knowing that we had one hour to take the tower before I had to call it quits for the day. I quickly broke the gem in my mouth, causing the crystal to turn into water. Once I was done drinking the strange fluid, my exploded with new found energy. My hearing returned as well as my vision. I turned to Daring and gave her my thanks before I sent a torrent of air down at the mercs' and ignited the area around them. The explosion from the initial ignition killed everything and forced the survivors to run back across the bridge with Nova and Stephen chasing them down.

"Holy shit," Daring gawked at the spectacle that passed as quickly as it came. "Where did you learn that?"

"Princess Luna," I said as I stood up from my current position and wiped the blood from my face. "She and Jormungand are my instructors and having been teaching me combat magic for a while now, but that's not important. What is important is completing the mission before the only one that knows how to use the key falls over for a nap."

"Right, but you will tell me about that song you sang with your guitar later," she said as she grabbed her empty canteen.

"Fine," I said as I joined the others on the frontal assault, but I was far from fine.

The Mana Battery was only a temporary measure to keep me alive from extreme exhaustion. I knew that using my guitar as a Symphogear was almost a death sentence. Even though Umbra and I tested it a few days prior, just to see who else could activate that mythical anime weapon. We learned two things: One, only the Trinity Seven could use it. Two, it costs more energy than traveling back in time. Sure I was an idiot for using it right off the bat, but I had to give Spooks and her friends the cover that they needed to cross the east access bridge into the tower. None of us had the time to waste with the lives that I came to help was on the line.

I tried to hide my limp as I stumbled behind Daring as she provided cover fire with a lever action rifle that she picked up from the inferno that was the ship on the bridge. My wings ached as I forced them to my side. My two Foci weren't going to be able to be used for a while, even if one of them was made from Dragonite—A metal made from Dragon scales. The gift that Umbra and Flash made for me in order to be able to use all of my abilities without a problem.

I caught up with the others at the secondary bridge to the tower. Redbeard was at the front with his tower shield with Stephen providing aerial cover with his right behind him. Evelyn was hyperventilating as she covered the entire bridge in smoke, allowing Nova to rush ahead to take out all in our way.

"Move up!" I shouted as I took up the rear in our line while Daring jumped off of the bridge to provide air support with her lever action rifle.

The sounds of rifle-fire permeated the air as we rushed across the bridge. The 'tings' and 'tangs' that managed to hit Redbeards shield was the only thing that managed to slow our advance. When given the chance, I shot back with my own guns blindly as I couldn't use my Air Sight. If it wasn't for my two guns having the Pocket Infinity enchantment that turned one bullet in the magazine into a hundred, I wouldn't have been able to help the others push ahead. I thanked Luna for the enchantment that drew on the magical energy around me than from within as we caught up to Nova at the entrance to the four-story tower. The smoke blocked all carnage that was wrought, but that didn't matter at the moment.

"Stephen...Open...The door," I said through course breaths.

"You got it!" he cheered before his paws burst into flames. We all watched the Faunus punch through to steel door and rip if off of its hinges before he filled the first floor with fire, killing all that was in our immediate way.

We rolled on into the scorched wreckage of the first floor, smelling all of the cooked meat, charred wood, and metal that failed to protect the soldiers stationed within the tower. While everyone rushed into the Roman-styled foyer with a spiral staircase leading up to the second floor against the circular walls, I limped my way in while keeping an eye on the door that Spooks should have come through, but I frowned when I saw that it was still locked.

"Riaz, Zira, take care of our guests on the lower floors!" shouted an accent that only belonged to Ahuizotl himself, from somewhere in the tower. After we all heard those words, we aimed our guns at the stairs in preparation for the two lapdogs that were sent to our direction.

"Incoming!" shouted a mare from above before the ceiling shattered and two mares in full body armor with two miniguns on their shoulders.

"Take cover!" I shouted just as the miniguns revved to life. I ducked behind one of the charred metal barricades, barely dodging the red stream of metal that exploded from the revolving barrels on their backs.

"Come out my little bitches! Hahaha!" one of the mares laughed through the deafening gunfire. "Come out and die!"

"Don't wanna. I'm allergic to bullets," I replied, giving Stephen enough of a distraction to burn one of them alive in their armor. The screams only lasted for a second before the remaining one screamed incoherently and directed her fire where Stephen was hiding at the loss of her shield sister.

While she was distracted with everyone pinned down from her dual miniguns, I teleported right above her and landed on her back. She didn't notice that I was there from the vibrations of her guns and aimed Ash at the base of her neck at a weak spot in her armor, and fired.

*Bang!*

We both fell over onto our sides, she from being killed and I from being to exhausted from the teleport. Daring rushed to my side while the others to note that they had to push ahead without me. I blinked for a second, noting that I wasn't having it as bad as before from the drain, but that just meant that I wasn't going to be of use for a long while.

"I told you to take it easy!" Daring screamed at me as she helped me back up and placed me on her back.

"Shut up and catch up to the others," I argued as I aimed Ash with one claw while the other held onto Darings shirt.

Daring grunted as she carried Winter up the stairs right behind Evelyn as Nova, Redbeard and Stephen cleared floor after floor. She knew that the filly wasn't going to be any use anymore, and was going to need to rest before she kills herself from exhaustion. Daring looked over her should as she trotted up to the third floor, and saw that Winter had fallen asleep on her back. Her hoof that held her gun dropped to Darings side, still gripping tightly to the handle. She cracked a small smile to the filly that did most of the work on clearing up the mercenaries and picked up her pace, not noticing that Winter dropped her gun on the third floor.

"So these are the pests' that have been getting in my way?" said a beast with a long muzzle with a blue tuxedo pattern for fur. The creature had gold chains around his neck and bracelets around his forearms. His was the strangest to the group as it had a hand at the end that moved as if it was normal.

Daring already knew who the creature was, and made no effort to chase it down with Winter on her back. She walked behind Stephen as he stopped at the ready on the open platform with ten Ballistas against the walls with dead mercs next to them.

"Ahuizotl, why aren't I surprised? Oh wait, I know! You've been working with Celestia!" Daring shouted at the top of her lungs.

The monster in question began to laugh a throaty cackle, causing the remaining five mercs beside him to tremble in fear for what was going to come. "Bang!" Went the sound of a gun that was followed by ten more in quick succession, ending Ahuizotls laugh mid-cackle.

"Yippee-ki-yay, Motherfucker!" shouted a voice that only belonged to Spooks as she and her party stormed in.

Daring and the others blinked for a moment before turning back around to see that all of the mercenaries keeled over with Ahuizotl staring at his chest that adorned several new holes.

"That's...Impossible," Ahuizotl said as he took a step back towards the edge. He looked up from his wounds just in time to see Spooks fire one last round through his eye, sending him tumbling off of the tower and into oblivion.

Daring and the other turned back to the Night Stalker that joined them and stole the show and stared at her blankly in wonder where she was. Spooks gave them all a smile and holstered her gun, and said, "Where's the Vodka?"

Author's Notes:

This Chapter is Anime as Fuck!

Writing this Chapter was the highlight of my day. I got to relive one of my top five anime of all time. Senki Zesshou Symphogear and all of the seasons.

Also, Winters guitar is OP as fuck, and you can't sue me because Music Magic is canon in the show! HA! Guitar is allowed.

And for the finisher! If you see a "2.0" beside the names of one of the chapters. That means that it has been reworked! BUT DON'T WORRY! NOTHING MAJOR CHANGES OTHER THAN MISSING WORDS AND THE CANCER THAT CAME FROM MY FINGERS!

But there may or may not be extra flavor that may have been missing. So yeah. There may be more words in all of the chapter that are lower than 1500. Just saying.