The war for the south

by derf699

Rating: mature
Tags: Adventure
Length: 2027

the war has been going on for far too long and it needs to stop. but who can make it stop. the pony that can do that is Silent Strike. but he doesnt know it.

Silent Strike enlisted in the military 5 years ago and he quickly rose through the ranks. he has earned a reputation for being a master swordsman at a very young age. he doubts himself so he was never able to preform to his full potential. now he has to over come the self doubt to be able to help win this war.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2013-06-24 19:10:02 UTC

chapter 1

“Where is he.” A voice yelled as they were running down the corridor.

“I don’t know. He ran this way and now I can’t find him.” Their friend yelled back.

I had found a hiding place in a room that I barely was able to find. Ever since I came into the enemy base to rescue my friend that got captured I have been getting chased around trying to find the holding cells. Once I think that the coast is clear I sneak out of the room. I wander around for awhile dodging the running guards.  I find the cells finally after 20 minutes of wandering around. I walk through the cells trying to find my friend. I find him in the last chamber beaten and knocked out. “Twisted Blade. There you are.” I say sighing. I walk into the cell to retrieve my friend. I lean down to inspect his injuries. I look over his body and see that there are just bruises from getting hit a lot. “Man you must have gone through hell.” I tell him shaking him awake.

“Why did you come here Silent Strike?” Twisted Blade whispers.

“To rescue you of course.” I say hoisting him up over my shoulders. I start to walk out with Twisted Blade when I hear soldiers running around the corner. “Shit I thought they were too busy with my decoys.” I say leaning my friend up against the wall. “Stay here I will be right back.” I tell him drawing my custom made blade. This blade cost me 3 months of pay to save up. It is made of pure diamond tipped with titanium alloy. I turn the corner coming out of the cell and face the enemy.

“There he is.” The middle soldier yells rushing me. Bad move. I wait for the soldier to get close then when he is ready to strike I parry his spear and drive my blade right down the gape in the chest piece immediately killing him. I pull out my sword and aim it at the other two guards. I gallop towards them. They both put up their swords to try to block me. I lunge at the left one sword poised in a downward slash. I start to bring down the blade but I twist in mid air going for a horizontal slash completely taking the soldier of guard and killing him. I land on the ground with my back towards the last soldier. He sees my back open and tries to thrust his spear at my neck. I duck and disarm him by bucking the spear out of his hooves. I do a 180 degree turn on my right hoof and land thrusting my sword right into his throat severing his wind pipe. I pull out my sword and decapitate him. I calmly sheath my sword and go back to the cell.

“As always I didn’t hear a noise when you killed those soldiers. I will never understand how you can kill those soldiers without hesitation.” Twisted Blade says when I pick him up and drape him over my back.

“I will have to tell you that story another time when we aren’t trying to escape the enemy strong hold. Now shut up and don’t move. I need all of my balance to be able to sneak out of here.” I say sneaking out of the cell block. For the next 20 minutes I sneak through the base with my friend on my back. I finally find the exit and sigh in relief that I got my friend to safety. I turn my head and wake my friend up. “Hey we are almost out of here ok.” I say.

“Finally I can’t stand being in this hell hole.” He says sighing.

“Ya I know. “ I reply walking out of the door. When we are out I start to gallop towards our camp. When we arrive I am greeted by friendly faces.

“Soldier you have returned from your rescue mission I see.” A voice says behind me. I turn around.

“Yes sir.” I say saluting the General in front of me.

“Good because I need you in the next mission.” The General says walking to the command tent. “You there, soldier, take Twisted Blade to the infirmary to get looked at. Silent Strike come with me.”

“Yes sir.” Both me and the soldier say. The soldier took Twisted Blade from my back and I followed the General into the command tent.

“Silent Strike, you are aware that the main part of this war is being fought in the south right.” The General says.

“Yes sir I do but if I may ask why are you asking me this question?” I ask the General confused.

“Because we are currently losing there.” He replies “and I am sending you there to help out.”

“But Sir I am only one soldier Sir.” I say confused

“Yes that may be but you alone have won us countless battles here and the southern forces are getting their asses handed to them on a golden platter. Now Captain Shining Armor has requested you to help them out. He believes that you can turn the tide of the war down there based on your leadership skills and your uncanny swordsmanship.” The General says.

“Seriously, Shining Armor requested me. But why sir.” I asked even more confused.

“You are known throughout the entire army for being a swordsman who hasn’t lost a battle in his life. You are very famous amongst the men. And you most likely can win us the war.” The General says

“I had no idea that I was famous. When do I leave Sir.” I ask standing at attention.

“You will be leaving tomorrow at 0800 hours. Be ready. You are dismissed.” The General says saluting.

“Yes sir.” I say salute back. I walk out of the command tent and head to the infirmary to check on Twisted Blade.  I arrive at the tent and walk inside. I find my friend and head to where he was being check out. “Hey Twisted Blade how are you feeling.” I ask him.

“Great. What is your next mission?” Twisted Blade asks.

“Captain Shining Armor wants me down in the south to help them turn the tide of the war. We are losing down there and he thinks that I will be able to do that.” I say laughing.

“Well you are famous among the men and you haven’t lost a battle ever.” He says back. “When are you leaving?” He asks.

“0800 hours.” I reply. “Now let’s go get some grub.” I tell him walking out of the tent.

“Ok I am hungry.” Twisted says following me. We get to the mess hall and get our meal and find a place at an empty table. “So how do you kill ponies without hesitation?” he asks catching me off guard.

“Can we not talk about that here? Some pony else might over hear us and I don’t want this story to be heard by ponies I don’t want to tell it to. It is personal.” I say avoiding the question.  Just then two other soldiers walk over to us and sit down.

“So Silent Strike I hear you went into the enemy strong hold to retrieve twisted blade here. How many soldiers did you kill in there.” The soldier sitting next to me asks.

“Yes I did go into the enemy base and I killed three of them bastards.” I reply boasting a bit.

“Damn if you continue at this rate you might just kill 25 percent of their army by yourself. Can you leave some for us?” the second soldier said laughing.

“You have to get to them first.” I told them probably starting a challenge.

“Your on.” They both said at the same time. I knew it, I did start a challenge. Me and Twisted finished our meal and said thanks to the chef then walked to our tents to go to sleep. We get to our tents and crawl in and went to sleep.

We wake up at the same time we always wake up at, 0400 hours. I get out of my tent and start packing it up. It takes me 30 minutes to get everything packed up and in my pack. I go to the mess hall to get some breakfast. I get my meal and sit down at my usual table. A few other soldiers say their farewells to me as I ate. I get done and check the time, 6:30. I had an hour and a half till I needed to leave so I walked around camp inspecting the men’s gear. I hear the General call my name so I turn and salute him.

“Good morning sir.” I say to the General.

“Good morning Silent Strike. You ready to leave?” the General asks.

“Yes sir I am all set.” I reply.

“Good the helicopter is ready.” The General informs me

“Ok so you want me to leave now sir.” I ask picking up my saddlebags.

“Yes say good bye to any pony you want to and get to the chopper.” He says.

“Yes sir.” I salute and leave to say good bye to twisted blade. I walk to his tent and find him sitting around the fire pit talking to some friends. “Hey Twisted blade. I am leaving to go save this forsaken war.” I tell him.

“Already. Damn that was soon. I guess I will see you when we win this war. Remember count the number of kills so we can compare. See you when you get back ok. Bye.” Twisted said holding out his hoof.

“Ya see you later. Don’t die on me out here.” I tell him grasping his hoof and squeezing it. I walk to the helicopter saying bye to all of the soldiers that I passed. I arrive at the chopper to find the general talking to the pilot. “Sir I have said my goodbyes and am ready to leave.” I announce

“Good get in and the pilot will take off. Good luck and go win us this war.” The General says smiling.

“Yes sir.” I say climbing into the chopper and strapping in. I put on the headset and tell the pilot I was ready. We take off and head south. It was a boring ride but we finally arrive at the main camp. I land to see Shining Armor there waiting for me.

“Good you have arrived and not a moment too soon. We are almost going to battle and I want you on the front lines. I need to see you in battle before I trust this war with you.” Shining Armor says.

“Sir I am ready to fight. Just show me where it is and I will do what I can.” i say saluting.

“I like your enthusiasm. The front lines are right over there. Go put down your tent and join the soldiers.

“Yes sir.” I say going to find an empty place to set up my camp. I find one at the edge of the camp and pitch up my tent. Once I finish I head in the direction of the front lines. I say hi to a few soldiers that were also pitching their tents. I arrive at the front lines and look at the enemy. They have a huge army down on the battle field and they are getting their catapults ready. Next to that they must have at least two thousand soldiers there. Man I have to fight against that. I see Shining Armor galloping towards me.

“Silent Strike there you are. I want you to be the first one to get to the enemy so when I start to yell charge I want you to start charging first. I have informed the men that they are to wait until you are ahead of them. Ok.” He says

“Yes sir.” I say drawing my sword. He starts trotting the length of the front lines giving the before battle speech. I hear Shining Armor start to yell charge. I start to gallop into battle.