Chapter 4: Deployed

After 6 long and difficult months, we were hardened at the heart and ready for war. Dad was reinstated as a Staff Sergeant, and I was promoted to Private First Class due to my experience with the Colt Cadet Class back in Canterlot Elementary. We were then visited by a stallion wearing battle armor.

"GUYS! WE HAVE TO GET OUR GEAR ON! WE'RE BEING DEPLOYED!", shouted the nervous Specialist.
"YOU GOT IT, SPECIALIST!", I shouted.
"Acoustic. May I have a word with you right quick?", Dad said.
"Sure. What's up?", I reply.
"Well, here is what's gonna go down. We're gonna surround and storm. That means what it says. We surround them and then storm the camp. No mares, no colts, no fillies, unless they make themselves combatants. Understand?", he briefed.
"Understood, Staff Sergeant.", I answered him.

We saluted, suited up in our Silver Enlisted Armor, sheathed our swords, and galloped to catch up with the other stallions.

An extremely tall white mare with a multicolored mane stood in front of us. I realized right away that it was Princess Celestia. She seemed extremely nervous. To her left was a shorter midnight blue mare, which must've been Princess Luna. She speaks first.

"Fillies and gentlecolts of Celestia's Solar Guard! The time has come for us to fight back against Queen Chrysalis's army of Changelings!
She took a deep breath and continued nervously: "We will be deploying to downtown as soon as possible. Celestia will brief you further."

"Thank you, sister. As you all know, King Sombra, Discord, and the Changelings have formed an evil alliance known as 'The Deadly Trio'. THEY MUST BE STOPPED! THEY'VE WREAKED ENOUGH HAVOC IN OUR CITY! IF WE DO NOT STOP THEM NOW, IT WILL SPREAD THROUGHOUT ALL OF EQUESTRIA! LET'S FINISH THEM ONCE AND FOR ALL! FOR EQUESTRIA!", Princess Celestia ranted. We were all pumped by her speech and were ready to fight. We could smell the blood before it even left our enemies' bodies.

As the princesses left, we were all moved to our checkpoints. There were 7 checkpoints: Alicorn, Unicorn, Pegasus, Earth, Crystal, Apple, and Rainbow. Dad and I were assigned to Checkpoint Rainbow. There were only 100 soldiers there, which makes up a Company.

As soon as we got there, we were bombarded, but this time, we were ready.
Dad and I unsheath our swords and attack the enemy Changelings.
Many more Changelings were here than I've seen before.

A stallion runs up to us and starts panicking.

"I'M HIT!", he shouted. The fear in his eyes was obvious. Poor stallion was scared shitless. We immediately begin treating his wounds, which consisted of two deep cuts in his side. When I looked into the stallion's eyes, I realized that he just died right in our face. Holy shit, it was the Drill Sergeant. Another fallen comrade that I'll have to avenge. We leave his body there and move on to fight the changelings. King Sombra and Discord were nowhere to be found, but high above the battle, there was Queen Chrysalis directing her Army.

"ATTACK, MY FRIENDS! LET'S KILL THESE MOTHERFUCKERS!", I shout in an attempt to motivate our dwindling force.
"Acoustic! What are you doing?", my dad asks after a loud cheer from our Company (force of 100 ponies).
"Something I should've done 6 months ago.", I reply looking up at Chrysalis.
"Remember. We're in this shit together. Let's kill the bitch!", my Dad says.
"Hell yeah!", I reply.

We fly up towards her, killing every Changeling who dared to get in our way. With ground support, we finished off her entire Brigade. Yes, we were outnumbered on a 10:1 ratio.

When we make it up to Queen Chrysalis, we clean the blood off of our swords by splashing it in her face, which most definitely pissed her off.

"I won't go down as easy.", is all she says before she morphs into my mother.
"Oh, yes, Melody was very talented. I was very jealous of her singing voice. I've come to the conclusion: Why hold grudges on ponies when you can just kill them?", she explained. Hell flew into me and I punched her square in the face. She grew extremely mad and in a bizarre twist of events, she fires a blast from her horn that struck my dad, killing him instantly.

"OH, HELL NO!", I shout as I attack her wildly without even coming up with a plan. She cannot seem to get a hit on me as I slit her throat.
"From one bastard to another.", I say as life leaves her giant green eyes.

I land back on the ground. The remaining 15 of us return to Fort Canterlot.

"Mission Accomplished.", I say, carrying my fathers body back to where our house used to be. I dig through the rubble and find my mom's body. I go behind my demolished house and bury them together. My only parting words are: "You're safe now.", and I leave Canterlot not even sure where to go now. I just know that there's nothing left for me here. Too many bad memories.

I move on towards the Crystal Empire because I have a feeling something was going on there. I'm not sure how to describe it.

Hopefully, I'm wrong and I can have some peace before my next fight. Haven't had much time to relax since my parents died. But if pain is what the Deadly Duo wants, it's pain their punk ass duet will get. King Sombra and Discord are out there, and they're next on my Shit-List.
I will not regret killing them!

END OF CHAPTER 4.