None of the guards knew where Gold Note was. So I began my walk back towards the protruding shoreline, anticipating that he may be nearby.

I didn't find Gold Note, but I did find the colt that worked under him. He was waiting nervously with the same hoofcart, including a meal for two, nearby my chosen shoreline.

"G-General!" he squeaked as I approached.

"Apologies for my lateness. I had things to attend to."

"I-It's no big deal!" he stammered. "Master Gold assigned me to this task!"

I looked him over.

He was gray, with an off blue mane.

"What is your name? If you are to supply me for this endeavor, I would like to find you should the need arise."

"Oh! S-Stygian General!" he nervously sputtered, giving a sloppy salute.

"Stygian..." I half said to myself, trying to put the name to his face.

"Y-Yes General." he nodded.

"Very well. You are to meet me here every morning with a meal for two on a cart for easy transport."

"Every morning?" He asked.

"Unless there's fighting happening then yes." I confirmed.

"Of course General." he bowed slightly.

"Excellent. Thank you. You may return to Golden Note until tomorrow." I dismissed.

"Yes General." he bowed again, turning and leaving me with the cart.

I sighed in relief as he got out of earshot.

Even now, after Casúrdomhain, it was strange speaking to fellow Peasants like a leader.

I pushed the thought aside and grabbed the cart's handles.

It was a bit late for breakfast, but I'd rather be slightly late than not giving them the chance to surrender at all.

I pushed the cart onto the outcropping, and pulled out the white flag that lay on top of the cloth.

"I wish to parlay!" I called up at the city.

Several Pegasoplian helmets crested the wall above.

A spear suddenly protruded in the dirt in front of me.

It wobbled as it finally came to a rest.

I looked up again, this time seeing the gleam of whole suits of armor as Pegasi dove towards me.

"We're under attack!" I exclaimed, picking up the cart in my magic and running back towards the trench.

Thankfully, Ponies must've been watching me, as several blasts of magic and spears flew overhead, keeping the swooping Pegasi off my back.

I came up to the covered trench.

... Oh that was a problem.

The boards kept the rain away, but you couldn't dive for cover.

"Get the boards off! We need easy access to our fortifications!" I exclaimed, Ponies around me milling about as the Pegasi swarmed overhead.

I ripped the trench roof off, pulling it up.

Below, the wide eyes of several Ponies looked up at me.

"Get rid of the coverings for the trenches! We need an easy way to get into cover!" I called down to them.

A few nodded, and began scurrying out of sight. Nearby the roofs heaved and was tossed aside.

I ran along on top of the trench, anything that wasn't moving I pulled off and tossed to the side. When it came to the patches of dirt that were clearly where the trench intersected with an underground room, I left those roofs.

We still needed places to hide from the rain after all.

Speaking of rain, I became aware of the ground around me seeming to 'plop' as raindrops hit the ground.

Pegasopolis was definitely attacking again.

"Everypony into the trenches! Spears up towards the sky!" I cried out, looking around to see what was happening.

Ponies were fighting closer to the shoreline, the Pegasopolians flying above out of reach.

Occasionally, several would swoop down, lifting one of the ground bound Ponies up. Most Ponies who had been snared, fought and thrashed wildly, forcing the Pegasi to drop them early.

Some however, were knocked unconscious, lifted into the sky, and dropped from a great height.

Bodies, Unicorn, Earth Pony, and even Pegasi as they were hit by spellfire or thrown spear, fell from the sky.

"Everypony to cover!" I called out again, drawing my sword. Several Ponies heard me and jumped into the now open trenches.

I took the opportunity to slide the cart of food through a doorway, hiding it underneath in a room.

"To me! To me!" I cried, trying to draw the attention of the ground bound crowd of Ponies near the shore.

Fortunately my plan worked, several Ponies began pulling their friends backwards.

Unfortunately, my plan worked. I drew the attention of the Pegasi above as well.

One lunged at me, spear pointed, and a warcry on her tongue.

"For Pegasopolis!" she screamed.

I caught her spear blade with the flat of my sword.

My knife flew out of it's pocket in my cloak, slashing across the mare's wings.

With a wing no longer working, she crashed into the ground and slid headfirst into the pit next to me.

She was wounded, so I left her to be taken care of by the Ponies below.

"To me!" I exclaimed again.

By now, all of the Ponies on the shore were falling back uphill, staving off the Pegasi as they slowly walked backwards.

The Ponies already on top of the hill were busy jumping into the trench where ever they could. Some of the boards hadn't been removed yet, but they were swiftly being taken care of.

As more and more Ponies congregated in the trench, the amount of spears bristling up and out of the ground increased.

Another Pegasi swooped at me, this time his spear had lightning dancing over the spearhead.

Rather than deal with that, I pulsed my horn, sending a wave of force up at the winged stallion, knocking him to the ground.

I lost sight of him as the shoreline Ponies finally made it to the trench, obscuring my vision.

I did see an Earth Pony mare rear up, and slam down though.

"Into the trench!" I called out, hopping my voice could be heard over the din.

Around me, Ponies were leaping down and taking cover in the trench.

No more Pegasi swooped at me, as I found myself in the middle of the crowd. But I did see them overhead. Milling about in midair flight.

They had stopped attacking, unwilling, or unable, to break the defensive measures.

I jumped down into the trench along with the last Ponies on the surface.

My world tightened as I took my bearings when I landed.

The trench was chaotic as Ponies jostled for room to move. Filling out whatever gap in the spear line they could. A seemingly endless parade of Ponies marched by, as the massive crowd from before spread itself evenly.

Above, the wind howled.

I turned my gaze up.

Pegasopolis was turning again.

But this time, the arms were held tightly close to the city.

I must've damaged something really important the evening before, if they weren't willing to risk it again.

I sighed in relief as the Pegasi stopped swooping, keeping out of reach of our weapons. Occasionally, a spear of light would reach up at the flying Ponies. But whenever that happened they swiftly avoided the area the spellfire had come from.

A break appeared in the Ponies who were moving along. I stepped inside and allowed myself to be swept along.

"Back to the city! We're just wasting our time out here!" cried a voice from above.

The battle of attrition with Pegasopolis had well and truly begun.

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