As Emerald is searching around some torn up trees he hears a sudden thump not five feet behind him. Whipping his head towards the noise he sees an armored pegasus folding up his wings. Possibly because of the poor lighting and time of night the colt failed to see the pegasus in the sky, and he failed to see Emerald on the ground.
Emerald quickly and quietly dives behind some bushes and watches the new pony’s activity.
The pegasus searches his sidebag, and after a second pulls out a bronze looking orb. He murmurs somethingand the bronze orb starts floating, suddenly letting out a bright light like a tiny sun. The orb seems to hang a foot or two above the pegasus’ hoof, and he raises it higher and scans the area.
Again the Pegasus pulls something out of his bag. This time it looks like a torch, but with an odd glass projection on the end. The pony sticks it into the ground and then whispers something to it as well. It glows a pale green and he steps a few feet away from the item.
For a third time the Pegasus opens his bag. He pulls out some parchment and pen, as well as what appears to Emerald like the dragonfire lantern he owns, though not as finely carved. The soldier scrawls something quickly and then clips the parchment onto the lantern. He then flicks a switch on the side and a burst of yellow flame ignites the letter. A few moments pass and there is a bright flash of light, and three more armored ponies appear, a unicorn and two earth ponies.
The Unicorn lays down, clearly exhausted, but the earth ponies looking around carefully.
“What happened here?” One of them says.
“Something put up a fight, whatever it was.” says the other.
“A dragon and an unknown creature, both still at large. Search the area, and put out those fires.” says the pegasus.
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