PONIES IN ARMS- WAR IN EQUESTRIA

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I and the little that remained of my unit stayed in Ponyville for about a week after I finally got out of Ponyville hospital. There were a few small bands of enemy hiding in the forest and we would put an end to them all. The next task was rebuilding Ponyville and the info structure of the town, keeping the government running and making sure that the government could accomplish their duties in filling paperwork and other things that needed to be done. The 2 princesses would stay the whole week in Ponyville with us helping to rebuild the shattered town along with Canterlot. If I thought that Ponyville was a slaughter, Canterlot would make it look like a sunny day the place literally was smoldering. There was no sign of life anywhere to be seen, other than a few ponies in bright yellow jackets and doing work. The castle hadn’t faired too well and was about to have half of it fall from the cliff it was sitting on. A lot of the gardens that once were so beautiful were now gone, replaced by black burned plants and gnarled fences poking out of the ground.

My commander would come into Ponyville surveying the damage and destruction around us. "Damn kid you sure redecorated the place didn’t you?" he said, "no not me sir it was the E.L.F" I laughed lightly almost sick to my stomach. He looked at me and gave me a reassuring pat on my shoulder and told me I had done a damn fine job on not only holding the town, but protecting the 6 ponies I was charged with keeping alive and was anxious to meet them all. I told him that it probably wasn’t the greatest of ideas since Applejack was still in no mood to meet any pony, and basically told him to buck off slamming the door to her farmhouse. He went around and met all the others and gave them all a hoof shake and a salute. "You smug bastard, you did nothing and you act as though you’re the greatest thing in Equestria" I thought to myself. I wanted to shoot the son of a bitch so bad it hurt; he was going around making himself look so big and important all the time hiding in an office in Haywaii, if only I had known all he had actually seen and the choice he had to make in Manehattan, leaving it no longer on the map of Equestria. It had been nuked into submission and it was my commander who had to make that choice. He had no real choice; the city had become a hub for the E.L.F and a corrupt place. He told me about this when he saw how disgusted I was with him and his attitude, to which I could only say I was sorry.

I really had no response to any of this, suddenly realized I had tears in my eyes. He saw this and gave me a hoof salute and simply told me this, "YOU DID YOUR JOB SON, JUST AS I HAD TO, THIS WAR HAS MADE HEROS AND VILLIANS ALIKE. YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THAT YOU DID YOUR BEST TO KEEP ALL YOUR TROOPS ALIVE. FOR THAT YOU ARE A HERO EVEN TO ME." At this I could only look at him and cry, thinking about all that had happened in this war. The battle for Ponyville actually wasn’t all that big and bad as I thought. "HELL AT LEAST PONYVILLE DIDNT HAVE TO BE NUKED" I thought to myself, all of the ponies that remained in the shattered town all gathered for a ceremony to remember all the fallen throughout the land and to lay a flower on all the graves in Ponyville. Giving each of them a salute and placing medals on the ones who deserved them, when we got to Apple Bloom's grave I couldn’t take it and started to cry she was the youngest of the dead in the war. To me it was all a waste of good and friendly ponies, when we first entered Ponyville it was the Apple family that were the first to greet us. Big Mac, Applejack's beloved dog, and Apple Bloom were all in graves next to each other. They all received medals for their part in the defense of the town, "why had it all come to this, why did the E.L.F take such pleasure in the destruction of Equestria the death?" Ponies across the land were doing the very same thing we were in their own ways and traditions. The head of the equestrian mail service had come to Ponyville to pay his respects to Derpy Hooves and her courageous service to Ponyville and her thoughtless actions in gathering the letters from the fallen. My commander, the 2 princesses along with all of Ponyville saluted her as she was buried and the equestrian Medal of Honor placed on her tombstone.

After a week of helping clean up and fix the government, along with me spending a lot of time with Twilight it was time for us all to go back to our base on the island of Oatwahu and to our lives, at least what remained of them. For me it was a bittersweet withdraw. I shed several tears over it, holding Twilight and telling her I would one day return, to which she basically told me I had better. Before leaving I along with my commander and the 2 princesses opened a new air base outside of Ponyville and put Rainbow Dash in charge of it. All of us, my commander, Ponyville, and the 2 princesses along with the newly formed Ponyville defense air wing, all agreed on the new name for it. It was called Mare Memorial Airbase, with a few more hoof shakes and tears we all departed and went back to our lives, as if nothing had happened to any of us. I refused a rank advance and massive pay raise telling my commander that if it ever had to happen again I’d like to be on the ground with my troops and not in a F.O.B looking at it all through a screen. I was given a choice in a new base in which to now call home, needless to say I asked for Mare Mar and for the remainder of my surviving unit to accompany me there. To which the base commander agreed and told me I would be the new commander of the base. Not 2 weeks after leaving Ponyville we were all back in the town. In 2 weeks a lot had been done Rarity had finally gotten the government money she was promised and was back in business making dresses and other clothing, the Sugar Cube Corner was busy making treats, Rainbow Dash was getting used to being a commander of a military all her own, and was being helped by the Wonder Bolts a lot in recruiting and training. Applejack though still sad over the losses was trying to get her life back on track and had the support of the rest of her family to keep the farm running along with all her friends. Twilight had been going back and forth a lot from Canterlot to places all across Equestria, and checking on things throughout the land for the 2 princesses. Pinkie was though not all herself doing her best to become the same pony she was before the war, greeting new pony’s to Ponyville and basically becoming the welcoming face to Ponyville. Fluttershy was busy helping all the animals that had been misplaced throughout the land and was gone quite a bit, also helping out in hospitals here and there where her having been in a basic military hospital and dealing with the wounds of war came in handy. All in all every pony was dealing and surviving with all they had been through in their own way, doing all they could to forget about it all. I along with my unit got to Ponyville and the newly erected gate outside the bridge at about noon, on a hot clear and beautiful day. We showed our id’s and were basically told we didn’t have to do that, and that Rainbow Dash had gotten the call in advance that we were coming.

Well if Pinkie hadn’t thrown a party since the war ended, she sure out did herself that night. Turns out every pony had gotten word that we were coming, "Rainbow Dash told them all" I thought to myself laughing. Dash could see what I was thinking and before I could say a word she burst out and said that it had been Pinkie that got the letter and opened it. I was going to say something but thought better in seeing Rarity with a member of my unit, surprisingly it was the very same pony as before, they were acting like foals kissing and talking. It was actually quite cute to be honest, and it brought a tear to my eye.

I had managed to sneak away from the party for a bit and was on my way to the library and the new love of my life. I made it to the door without being seen by any pony from the party, and knocked on the door "coming" I heard that beautiful voice say. She opened the door to me instantly hugging her, and me being kicked and bitten. "Well at least she still remembers the basic combat training I gave her" I thought with a chuckle. When the purple unicorn finally saw who it was that had ambushed her she just was silent and looked at me as if I were a stranger. I was going to say something when she kissed me and slapped me which I deserved for surprising her the way I had. "You didn’t know I was coming back did you?" I asked her "no,, no I didn’t" she said back to me, "the ponies around here have been acting kind of funny as if something was happening, but never said a thing to me" she went on to say. "Well we wanted it to be a surprise Twi" I heard Rainbow Dash say, to which she simply said well I am surprised. Turned out every pony knew about the way me and Twilight had been after the war. They had seen us together, and wanted to do something special for Twilight. "You really don’t think the reason this base in Ponyville was built was for another war do you silly colt?" Dash said to me "yes it is a massive help and boost to the economy, but we all saw how you and Twilight were getting along and how much you both cared for each other, heck even your commander saw it". "Why do you think he gave you a choice in what base you wanted to go to next? Look I’m no expert on love but I know it when I see it" she went on to continue. "We didn’t say anything to Twilight because we wanted to see whether or not you really did care for her, or if you were just simply being a soldier. We wanted to see if you would actually take your time to look for her, and well tell her how you feel about her." Twilight was blushing at this, and I could tell she was a bit confused at the whole thing as was I to be honest. "NOW LOOK HERE YOU PONIES, YES I DO CARE FOR HER ALOT AND I WAS GOING TO TELL HER, BUT THIS WAS JUST WRONG. IF YOU KNEW I WAS COMEING YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD HER", with that every pony apologized for their roles in all of this.

The party went into the night, and as some ponies went off to bed still others would join. Rarity would go home with the newly found love of her life, as would I. All in all the war had brought some outcomes that none of us would have ever thought would ever happen. Fluttershy would end up meeting her new love in Baltimare in an army hospital, a colt with the very same love for life and animals as she had. Applejack would end up falling in love with one of the ponies that had guarded the bridge with Big Mac. Pinkie well let’s just say she would hold several upcoming parties including her very own engagement party, she had found love in a recruit of Rainbow Dash's air wing. Dash would stay single and happy for about another month until a fateful day, when she met a colt Pegasus with the same passion she had for flying. He would later go on to co command the airbase with her. Last but not least me and Twilight are now expecting our first foal in the spring, we have been together for about a year and a half. Ponyville has changed a lot and we are glad to call it home. Yes the 6 best friends in the world still go on adventures and are still in charge of the Elements of Harmony, and have had to use them a couple of times. Me heck I’m still in the military and am in my almost 8th year. My wife well she is right here with me pregnant and happy. I was in my 5th year in the EQNG when the war broke out, it seems so long ago. I often go to Sweet Apple Acres to help Applejack out on the farm. Her husband and I are best friends and combat buddies, so we get along great, we often have apple bucking contests during harvest. Rarity and her husband couldn’t be happier in life and are also expecting their first foal. The dress business is booming and her husband is a guard at the Ponyville Bridge where he and Big Mac had fought so hard alongside Applejack's husband who btw is also expecting. What can we say, we were young and in love, so the expected outcome would be that wouldn’t it. Pinkie is the only one who isn’t pregnant and she is happy for now just throwing parties and being Pinkie, her husband is a highly trained member of top wing, a new program developed by dash herself to take the top members of her class to the next level. She commands the new classes herself along with her husband, and the Wonder Bolts run the base now. Fluttershy is expecting her first foal as well; she and her husband now work at the Ponyville hospital/vet office. Yes war is bad and we all wish at had never happened, but had it not happened none of this would ever happen. This journal is a reminder of just how we all met our loves, and went through losses so great we all thought we would never get over them. It’s how we deal with the tough times in life that truly makes us all who we are. I thank any pony who reads this and wish you long lives, and happy times ahead.

THANK YOU ALL FOR READING THIS, PVTREAD.