They played in the playground, oblivious to the world's events. Three of them chased each other around, but two spectated. A mouse stood on watch, ready to protect these little ones if he had to. The mouse with the Fluttershy hair stood at the edges of it, barred out, spectating their little game as well. She smiled. These ones would live to see the day, Elisah-willing.
A rustle in the bushes stopped her watching. She glanced over to it, frightened. She slowly prepared her weapons...
"RAAAH! Gotcha!" A black blur pounced on her. She screamed, thinking it was an anvil monster, catching her at last. But when she saw who it was, she burst into laughter, playfully shoving it away. She ran off, thinking it would chase her. Her judgement was right: the mouse was speeding behind her with such determination.
"I'm done!" the leading mouse collapsed, panting heavily. "You wear me out sometimes, Cilent."
The younger version of Cilent chuckled. "Of course," she said. "You're Bethdacat. You're always lazy."
"Timid," she automatically corrected. They both chortled, of course, because Beth wasn't timid anymore, not since she started training.
"So..." Cilent smiled. "It's this, and then... who knows?"
"By the way, who are these mice?" Beth asked. "I've been interested in them."
"Oh, them." Cilent gestured to the playing mice. "Those are Bastlase, Trygon_blake, and Gadgetrocks, in that order..." Then, pointing at a shy female huddling near a picnic table: "That's Ink_faith999." And finally, towards a particular mouse casually listening to music: "And that's Csoneforyou."
"Oh..." she sighed. "I want them to be my friends someday."
"Someday."
An explosion cut through their thoughts. The mice broke up their play and immediately got inside the school. That was the emergency plan: if you heard explosions, then you had to evacuate into a building. The other mouse shook his head. "Damn it, these monsters..." Another explosion shook near the school, and he caught up to the young ones almost hurriedly.
"Ready?" Cilent asked.
Beth nodded, shaking with almost immediate fear.
The first one landed near the school with a resounding explosion. It roared at the two mice as the others crashed around it. They sounded angry as a chorus, and it hurt their ears hearing their symphony. With an acknowledged nod, they, the mice who could not be separated, almost flew at the anvil monsters as they lunged at the duo.

The first one to attack was Cilent. She summoned a cannon, and, almost at the same time, it found its target: the anvil monster that had roared. It now growled with a terrible whine as it faded into a misty smoke, dying.
Beth summoned a box at first, then attached a plank to it. Some of the monsters were surprised by this obstacle, running right into it. She finished her masterpiece with a cannon, sending them flying into the oblivion.
They clashed like swords connecting with one another...

After taking care of the monsters, some of their wounds had reopened, leaving them to have a zombie-like appearance, but at least the young ones were safe and the anvils dead.

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I remembered bits and pieces of information I had been missing over the years.

The pack, young at the time, playing together.

My eyes brimmed with tears.

Two mice, hand in hand, promising each other to find one another after the war.

I started shaking. Where was Cilent? She was there with me when I got involved! I searched the audience for Elisah, but to no avail.
"ELISAH!" I cried with all my might. "ELISAH!!"
A flash of wings.
"ELISAH!!"
A goddess-like shaman stood over me almost immediately. She, too, was crying a bit.
"Elisah, where's Cilent?" I asked.
She didn't answer.
"Elisah, where is she?! She was in the war too! Please!! You have to tell me why you didn't invite her, too!"
She shook her head. The pause that ensued was agonizing. Finally, she opened her mouth to say something, but failed. She tried again, and the voice that followed upset me further:

"It's too dangerous for Cilentwisp to gain back her memories."
~~End of Part 7~~