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Flight 19

by Goldenarbiter

Chapter 14: Midnight's First Letter

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Day 1. Two hours before dusk.
The sights we saw were breathtaking Fluttershy. I don’t think I can actively put it into words. We were flying so fast the whole time. It must have been how Miss Dash felt at the Best Young Flyers competition. I envy her sometimes; What with being the fastest flyer in all of Equestria. We passed over so much of Equestria in such a short time. In but a scant few hours we were outside of the border, and over the desert.

The desert itself was breathtaking in its scale. You could see clearly for hundreds of leagues in every direction! The only downside was that the only thing to see was sand. It was quite annoying actually. The air was hot and really dry, and I could feel the ambient sand getting stuck in my wings and fur.

The humans themselves were actually quite amiable. They are really just like us after a fashion, once you get through their hard exterior and odd shape. They crack jokes, they play pranks, they have their own little groups... I honestly think Taylor seems a bit left out sometimes. All of the others are from the ‘Marines’ but Taylor was strictly a pilot, so he can’t take part in most of the camaraderie that the others share.

It’s sad really. Almost makes me want to give him a hug. But then I remember that he could probably kill me with a twitch of his finger...

They are also really ingenuitive. The reasoned that since they can’t land on the sand (the speeds they fly at would destroy the wheels), they would find a dried up lake bed, and use the hard salt as a makeshift landing pad.

Later in the day, some wandering Zebra merchants stumbled upon our encampment. It was really weird seeing how they operate. Within a span of minutes they had all of their wares in full view. Later on they were shown the human’s flying machines, with which they responded by calling them daemons, or something like that. Then they ran off.

I observed some of their wares while we were on speaking terms, and some of the stuff they crafted was quite beautiful. The humans managed to purchase some sort of canned meat which they later complained about, because it was ‘everywhere’. I personally don’t understand how any creature could eat meat, but somehow you do. Why is that?

Anyway, after roasting their meat on a stick, we all got to talking. About life, what we did, you know. Stuff new friends would talk about. I really want the humans to be my friends, but can I trust them?

~Midnight Arrow.
Keep safe.



Day one. One hour before midnight.
Celestia above! we were attacked while we were sleeping and Shining Star was almost killed. I really don’t want to be here Fluttershy. I really don’t want to think about how badly that could have went...

The creatures rose from the sand and just started swarming us near the fire. The humans eventually pulled our flanks out of there though with their cunning. They also revealed that they had bigger weapons on their machines. The roar was deafening and the light was blinding. There are no words to describe how it felt to stand next to such a monstrous design.

I don’t think I’ll be getting any sleep tonight... I’ll try, but my watch is in two hours.



Day two. One hour before dawn.
This is become less and less like a letter and more like a journal. I am okay with this though. I am currently sitting on a rock sketching the landscape, because watch is boring. Taylor isn’t much fun on watch. He actually adopted a rather serious side to him. Seeing a stallion man who is usually so cheery, suddenly adopt a stone cold expression... It’s unnerving to say the least.

He told me that I should take the post more seriously, especially after getting attacked. I think maybe he is just worried. I really hope that’s the case.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words right? Well, it may not be worthy of going in a museum, but it sure beats me trying to explain it to you. It’s much nicer out here at night. Really gives one time to collect their thoughts... and then start thinking about the humans again. They are all hairless, and they don’t have the resistances pegasi do to cold... they must be freezing their flanks off.


Have I ever told you that nighttime is my favourite time? It’s so peaceful, with Luna’s great moon staring down at us. It again makes me wonder why the Princesses were acting so weird. In all of my time serving them, which is admittedly not long, I have never seen them act so... outright hostile... to anything or anypony before. I just don’t understand.

I want to thank you again for letting me do this Fluttershy. I think it’s really helping. You truly are the element of kindness. I think I am getting to the point of tiredness where I can no longer control what I write. I think I will be taking a nice nap in the sun on the wing of the plane. Yes... that sounds just wonderful.

They are calling my name now, time to get to work.

~Midnight.
please stay safe.

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