Author's Notes:

Sorry for not updating. I've been way too busy these days and couldn't find the time. Also, I had forgotten my main plot but I had just reread my whole story and I will go from there. So if you see a character acting differently than before, it's from the lack of writing I've been doing. Also, a season has passed since I had written much so there isn't A school of Friendship nor does Spike have wings. However, this may happen sometime if I think that it fits into the plot.

I shouted, "Twilight! What happened?"

Twilight groaned, "Someone dropped a wagon on me from the sky."

I demanded, "Who is it?"

"I don't know, Rainbow," Twilight replied, "But this needs to go to the Princess."

I blinked, "You're a princess."

"I mean the other princesses. Spike? Spike! Where are you?" The little dragon ran in, out of breath.

Spike held a parchment, "Yes Twilight?"

Twilight smiled, "Dear Princess Celestia, a wagon dropped from the sky right on top of me. It had given me several bruises and nopony helped me after it dropped. I had loooked at the sky and nopony was there at all. From, Twilight Sparkle." Spike finished writing and blew the parchment out the window.

I rolled my eyes, "Didn't a lot of things drop onto you when Pinkie was having the big bursts of Pinkie Sense?"

"Yes, but that's different. At least I knew why is was dropped and who dropped it." There was a knock on the palace door and I opened the door with my magic. Spirit Runner, Fire Bright, Apple Watch, and Moondancer rushed in. Besides them were a few guards that I didn't know.

Twilight greeted Moondancer, "Hi Moondancer. What are all of you doing here?"

Spirit Runner bowed to me, "P-Rainbow, Canterlot is being attacked by unknown enemies. They call themselves the Snakes. The royal guards are trying to sort everything out but the enemy base is very strong. However, the battle is ceasing but Princess Luna has been wounded and is currently in the Canterlot hospital."

I flared my wings, "Why didn't anypony tell us sooner?"

"We only found out a couple minutes ago and we weren't sure where you were."

Twilight looked at the guards that I was unfamiliar with, "Search for Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Applejack. I need you to bring here and to tell them about what has happened."

I said, "I'll see you there, Twi." I burst out the door (no, not the window) and I flew towards Canterlot, narrowly dodging Twilight's magical grasp. I heard Twilight sigh but nothing was going to stop me from being where the Princesses needed me the most. I knew that Luna was immortal but that doesn't mean that death wouldn't be a better option at times.

I saw many servants mopping up the blood on the ground and I saw guards patrolling. No one really looked up and that's the way I wanted it to be. I landed in front of the palace, surprising many ponies around.

They bowed, "Princess Rainbow."

I said, "Bring me to Princess Celestia." The guards exchanged glances before nodding. I followed one of the guards to the hospital suited for princesses. Ok, let's take a step back. I knew that there were royal carts for trains for princesses. I knew that princesses get better food. I never knew that there was a hospital just for princesses, but I shouldn't be surprised.

I walked in the room and the guards closed the door behind me, "Celestia, what happened?"

Celestia looked at me, a small bruise on her face, "Canterlot was invaded. Luna got hurt. I will stand guard here as some from my Intelligence Agency try to figure out what was going on. Rainbow, what are you doing here?"

I replied, "Worrying for your health. Celestia, I swear that I'm going to beat up that guy who hurt Luna." I flared my wings again but Celestia put a hoof that stopped me from booting out the door, possibly destroying the door in process.

Celestia said, "Rainbow Dash, I appreciate the fact that you are willing to risk it but as a princess, we need to calm our subjects, especially when one of the princesses are hurt. The media must be spreading and all of Equestria and beyond will know about this."

I snarled, "Screw being a princess. If somepony hurts my friends, then they're dead."

The bringer of the sun shook her head, "No, Rainbow Dash. The investigation will be a success."

"What are you? A fortune teller?"

"No, but I have hope in then. They are capable of doing things and I need your help in calming the ponies down."

I rolled my eyes, "Me? Calm ponies down? You obviously don't pay attention."

"Please Rainbow. I am barely holding it together for Luna. Just be a princess and be yourself," Celestia replied.

I grumbled, "Fine, but if something else happens, then I'm out of here and searching. First Rarity, then this." I flew out the door, almost crashing into my friends.

Twilight raced in, "Princess Celestia! What happened?"

Celestia said, "An attack on Canterlot. I need you and Rainbow to calm down the crowds while I'm here. The doctors may need me to help because alicorns are different than earth ponies, pegasi, and unicorns. They're a combination of all three."

Applejack asked, "What about us, Princess?"

"You should go help. Thank you my little ponies." Twilight led us out of the room and she used her telekinesis to close the door softly. Even from my place, I heard ponies screaming on the top of their lungs, demanding answers and interviews and everything else in between. The guards in front of the palace were preventing them from going in but the mob had a new wave of energy as we stepped outside.

Twilight shouted, "Quiet!" The mood pressed forwards.

I shouted, "Quiet!" The crowd stopped and bowed from the power of my voice, exactly like when Luna used hers.

I continued using the Royal Canterlot Voice, "Everypony, calm down. This is exactly what the other side wants. They want to spread us apart and not allow us to be united in Equestria. As you guys probably know, there has been an invasion on Canterlot. Several teams of ponies are already investigating the issue. "

A random pony stepped forwards, "We have questions! And we want answers!" The crowd shouted things at us and we waited.

I finally snapped, "Shut up! We're still dealing with the attack. I'm sure that a couple newspaper ponies will want to schedule something so you guys will have to wait."

Twilight said, "We will accept interviews from the Canterlot press right now." We turned around and entered the palace once more. The ponies from the Canterlot press walked in, holding notepads.

One of the ponies asked, "Princesses, do you mind if we make this live?"

Twilight answered, "Of course we don't mind." They made us stand in front of a desk that held microphones. They set up the cameras and pointed it to us.

One of the ponies, the own that was going to interview us, smiled and began the show, "Hi everypony and welcome back to our live newsfeed. My name is Camera. Right now, we have Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie on live right now. Princess Twilight of Friendship and Princess Rainbow of the Skies are both here as well."

Camera turned to us, "What do you think of the invasion?"

Rarity answered, holding a hoof on her head, "Dreadful. It was simply dreadful."

Applejack answered, "It's a disaster." Camera looked at Twilight and I, hoping that we would answer. Personally, I felt like this was a waste of time.

Seeing that we weren't going to answer, Camera said, "What do you think could've happened?"

Twilight answered, "This is something that the detectives are still trying to figure out."

She prompted, "Any hints or clues?"

Twilight firmly said, "This is between the princesses and trusted members that can help. We do not wish to disclose information about that."

Camera winked, "Perhaps a little hint?"

"No. Trust me, this is for your own safety."

Camera looked at all of us, "How do you think this will affect the citizens in Equestria?"

Twilight looked straight at the camera (not the pony, the object), "I believe that this night will raise awareness to what has been going on. I want everypony to be safe from any terrors these ponies may cause. Everypony, remember to lock your doors and if you see anything, anything at all, tell any of the princesses, the police, and the royal guards. Thank you for listening."

Camera looked at me, "Anything else to add, Princess Rainbow."

I nodded, "Yes. Twilight, you're an egghead."

Camera hurried on, looking afraid to let Twilight and I argue, "Well, that's all for now. Thank you for watching. Until next time!"

I heard a voice from the studio room shouting, "Fade out picture, fade out audio!"

Another voice shouted, "Stop recording! That's a wrap everypony!" After everypony filed out, we ended up being alone once more.

Twilight raised an eyebrow, looking at me, "What was that all about?"

I asked back, "What was what all about?"

She answered, "Calłing me an egghead in front of all of Equestria!"

I smirked, "Chill Twi. You were getting kind of serious and I don't want everypony to have fear. Isn't that what the princesses told us to do anyways? You were making it sound as if an attack could happen to anypony at any moment!"

"That's because it's true, Rainbow!"

I said, "So far, it seems to be only targeting the Elements of Harmony and the princesses. There weren't any pony casualties today or Camera would've mentioned it."

Twilight said, "We don't know that, Rainbow."

"Aren't you a barrel fun of sunshine today, Twi."

"Rainbow!"

Pinkie interrupted, "Dashie is right Twi. You're getting all frowny and boring. C'mon! Let's party!"

Twilight asked, "What party is it this time?"

Pinkie blinked, "Not all parties need to have a purpose, Twi Twi. We just need to have a party to make ponies smile! It's all about fun."

"This is serious, girls," Twilight insisted, "We need to do things right away. Maybe Cadence should come."

Rarity said, "Darling, Candence has her own duties as well. She needs to protect the Crystal Empire. You can't simply expect her to drop everything just to come here."

Twilight sighed, "You're right... I'm going to get some rest now. I suggest that you all do the same." In response, we all turned to our separate rooms and headed off to sleep.

The first pony asked, "A success?"

The second pony bowed his head, "No Master. We were not able to kill any of the princesses."

The 'Master' responded, "I am very disappointed in you, recruit. I saw great potential in you and took you in. I hope that the princesses are injured at the least?"

The recruit answered, "Yes, Tyrant Luna is unconscious, Tyrant Twilight has a couple bruises and so does Tyrant Celestia. Tyrant Rainbow and Tyrant Candence have not been attacked yet."

"Tyrants... Is that what you call them in my midst, recruit? They are smart and we must never underestimate them. You have failed me once again recruit. I wanted all of them to be hurt, not one, not two, not three, but five. The new alicorn, the spies say, was an unexpected one. She must have a purpose besides being the Alicorn of the Skies, protecting the pegasi."

The recruit shook, "Yes Master. I'm sorry for underestimating them. I'm sorry! Please forgive me."

The other pony paced around, "You see, recruit. I recruit ponies based on their talents and their loyalties and their persistence in obeying me. I don't want to be a tyrant. I want ponies to be equal. I'm not Starlight Glimmer, the pony too weak to finish her greatest creation. She has astrayed from the true purpose of her cutie mark. I'm surprised that she hasn't started becoming cruel yet. You did see what happened when Diamond Tiara, the former enemy of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, used her talent in the wrong way."

The recruit nodded nervously and gulped, "Yes, it's such a shame that it had happened."

The other pony growled, "Starlight Glimmer almost defeated the alicorn and could've for certain, if not for redemption." The pony took a knife and draw a thin line of blood under the neck of the other pony.

The Master said, "You know Starlight Glimmer. I want you to recruit her to help our cause. Either that or... you will suffer and beg for death."