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"MOVE MOVE MOVE!" Soarin said to soldiers who were preparing to defend Canterlot. He saw Rainbow Dash flying up to him.

"Soarin! Whats going on?" Rainbow asked.

"Grifs are coming! Hundreds of thousands of them! You have to get out of here!" Soarin said.

"No I wanna stay! I wanna help you fight!" Rainbow said.

"This is no place for you!" Soarin said.

"Why? Because I'm a girl?" Rainbow asked upset. Soarin moaned, he did not have time to deal with this.

"No because you are an element of harmony and if the grifs capture you it will be ugly!" Soarin said.

"Who says they'll take me prisoner?" Rainbow asked. "They'll never catch me!" Soarin facehoofed, as much as he loved her how could she be so arrogant now of all times? One of the largest griffon assault forces was converging on the last free city of Equestria and the ponies defending it were outnumbered eight to one!

"This isn't up for discussion!" Soarin said as he pointed her to the evac route. "MOVE!"

"But-!" Rainbow said.

"I SAID GO!" Soarin screamed as he lightly shoved Rainbow into the crowds. She looked at him with sadness in her eyes. Soarin regretted yelling at her but she could not stay here!

"Rainbow I-" Soarin began to say.

"COMMANDER! TO THE WALL!" Blue River yelled as he trotted past. Soarin looked back to see Rainbow was gone. He lowered his head wondering if he would ever get to see her again. Skullcrusher was helping Applejack and Applebloom to the evac route. He held on to Applebloom who was scared out of her wits.

"Hon where are we going?" Applejack asked.

"I'm taking you to the evac route." Skullcrusher said. They eventually found the path the ponies were taking to the canyon behind the city which led into the mountains. He sat Applebloom down.

"It'll be okay Bloom." He said. He than walked over to a weapons shelf and picked up a sword and shield.

"Skullcrusher? What do you think yer doin?" Applejack asked.

"My job." Skullcrusher said.

"NO! YOU'LL DIE! HOW CAN YOU FIGHT WITH ONLY ONE EYE?" Applejack cried.

"It only takes one eye to be able to see." Skullcrusher said as he kissed her. "I love you."

"Skullcrusher please come with us!" Applejack said as the incoming crowd pushed her and Applebloom deeper into the canyon.

"I love you so much." Skullcrusher said as he blew a kiss to her and turned around and headed towards the wall. Thousands of soldiers lined up at the wall which faced the basin where the griffon army advanced. Shining Armor was adorning his battle armor when Cadence came up to him.

"Cadence! Why aren't you in the evac zone?" Armor asked.

"I came by to see you one last time." Cadence said as she kissed her husband. She held a crying Terra and Milos with her. Armor went down and kissed his foals before kissing Cadence again.

"I love you." He said.

"I love you too." She replied as Armor headed towards the wall. "Please be safe." When Shining Armor arrived at the wall he looked and saw the nearly infinite amount of griffons and changelings outside the city. He charged up his magic and fired up a beam which covered Canterlot in a magical bubble. Down on the ground, griffon artillery aimed at the city.

"FIRE!" A griffon shouted as hundreds of cannonballs and boulders were fired at the city. They all imploded upon hitting the protection spell. The griffon's continued to fire to no avail, the forcefield was too strong. Although nothing could come in the forcefield, things could come out.

"Let's remind them who they are bucking with!" Blue River said as the ponies loaded their artillery. "FIRE!"

"FIRE!" All the ponies screamed as the fired their cannons and catapults at the griffons. Hundreds of griffons were killed by the incoming projectiles. The griffons and changelings began to charge the city. Airborne griffons tired to fly through the shield but were repelled by an electrical shock. The ponies lined up on the wall fired vollies of arrows at the enemy army below. Dead bodies began to pile up at the bottom of the walls.

"General! Our troops can't breach the shield!" A griffon said.

"I will, STEEL TALONS! ON ME!" Gore said as he took flight. Twenty of the griffon supersoldiers fell into formation behind him and followed him to the walls. Four of them were brought down by direct hits from cannonballs. Gore and the remaining STs charged right into the forcefield and were instantly shocked by magic. It was a painful and slow process as they slowly broke through. Ponies below began firing arrows and spears.

"ITS GORE TAKE HIM DOWN! TAKW HIM DOWN!" Soarin yelled. Gore and the Steel Talons swept in an began killing dozens of ponies. Skullcrusher was running to help as s Steel Talon landed in front of him and roared.

"Let's do this beakhead!" Skullcrusher said as he threw his spear at the ST who easily dodged it. The ST swung its sword down on Skullcrusher but he was able to dodge it. Since Skullcrusher's sight was bad his other senses were slightly enhanced to make up for his bad eyesight. Skullcrusher used this oppurtunity to run up the ST's arm and kick the griffon in the face. The ST roared as it grabbed Skullcrusher and threw him through the window of a nearby cafe. After he got up he saw the ST enter the cafe so it could finish him off.

"Where are you my little pony?" The ST said. Skullcrusher saw there was boiling water sitting on a stove. He grabbed the pot and snuck behind the ST.

"Right here grif!" Skullcrusher said as he threw the boiling water into the ST's eyes.

"AHHH! YOUVE BLINDED ME!" The ST said although his sight would return in a few days due to the super soldiers enhanced healing abilities. Skullcrusher than went up and pulled out his dagger and slammed it with all his might into the ST's blinded eyes. Skullcrusher did not stop pressing the dagger until he saw brain matter oozing out of the punctured eye socket. The ST gave one last shout before falling dead. Skullcrusher was out of breath but quite proud of himself since he just killed an ST all by himself. He ran out to help with the fight.

"There you are!" Gore said as he spotted Shining Armor generating the spell.

"LOOK OUT!" A pony screamed as Gore slammed his fist into Armor's stomach knocking him down. The shield around Canterlot faded and disappeared. Gore smiled as he flew upwards.

"STEEL TALONS! FALL BACK!" Gore said as he and the other ST's flew away. He could have easily killed hundreds more ponies but he wanted this battle to last long and for it to be bloody.

I know the last few chapters have been short but know this story is far from complete and I have even more devious plans for this story in the future. R&R

"War doesn't determine who is right, only who is left." - I got no clue who said this quote.