Love Games: The Quest for Mares, Glory, and Honor!

    "Admiral, Sir!" a soldier called out to me as she ran into my "strategy room," which in all actuality was just my room in the inn. She was mint green with a matching mane. It had a white stripe in it. I think her name was Lyra, and she had quickly raised through the ranks to Master Chief. In the early stages of the war, Vinyl had introduced her and her mare Bon Bon to me, and Lyra had proven to be one of the brightest mind that I had on my side. She had constructed a device that enabled not only unicorns to use our paintball guns, but pegasi and earth ponies as well! Under my supervision, she was training my soldiers in their use. So far, they had proven useful, though a few had gone missing from the armory (Bob Bon's Confectionary)...

    "Yes, Master Chief," I responded, "What is it?" If she wasn't on the training grounds, then this must have been important.

    "Sir, some of our scouts have reported sights of the enemy with our H.A.N.D.S.!" She reported with a quick salute. H.A.N.D.S. were her creation. It stood for "Human to Animal Nabbing Device for Surface warfare."

    I pounded my handed hoof on my desk. "What!" I responded furiously. "Whoever's job it was to be guarding the armory is to be on head detail for the rest of the war! Was the enemy capable of using the devices?"

    Lyra nodded. "Yes Sir. The Apple family is actually quite bright. They used them in a short skirmish with our scouts Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash; however, we were capable of holding them off. They eventually retreated back to their farm."

    I nodded. "Thank you, Lyra," I responded, "Dismissed." Lyra swiftly exited, on two legs for some odd reason.

    "Wow," Vinyl commented from the corner of the room between bites of cake. "This is even funnier than when you and Neon Lights did this over me in college!" She guffawed.

    "Vinyl!" I shouted, blushing profusely. "I thought the three of us agreed never to speak about that!" She merely laughed louder in response.

    The normally friendly town of Ponyville had become a warzone. For the most part, it was unorganized and chaotic, but I had been slowly training anypony wishing to join my forces to be more efficient. The age of geurilla warfare would be no more. Ponies would no longer be sniped from rooftops by water balloons. Ponies would no longer be afraid to visit the market lest they be peppered with paintballs. Somepony must have been spying, however, because Star's side of things seemed to be getting better as well.

    Despite Star and his army's attempts to prank and embarrass me, my own army of shameless shippers had been protecting me from harm. Because Star was spending much of his time hiding, I had plenty of time to spend with Twilight, and we were getting close. I was walking to her house now. We had scheduled a time to sit down to read together. It sounded like a lot of fun, and I found myself picking up the pace in excitement. A wide grin graced my face with its presence.

    I was almost there when I found myself surrounded by animals. "Ahh. Fluttershy, I presume," My grin turned devilish. I still had my hands on, and I stood on two legs. I flared my wings out to hold my balance. "You won't stop me!" I roared, pulling my paintball gun out of...wait, where did I get it from? One by one, the animals lunged out at me, attempting to tackle me to the ground, but each time I dodged their attacks and responded with three paintballs in their back. They cried out in anguish and remained on the ground, defeated.

    I heard the sound of a paintball gun being loaded and turned swiftly to find a small, white bunny holding a gun and a balloon. He tossed the balloon, and I was barely able to dodge it. The rubber sack of water soared right by my ear as I lunged to my side, causing a whooshing sound. I hit the ground and rolled to my feet. I had no time to counter-strike. The bunny was already following my every move with paintballs as I ran to avoid being hit.

    PLAT!

    Angel Bunny fell to his knees first, then to his face. On the back of his head was a large, red paint splatter. He was out cold. I followed the trajectory up with my eyes to find Rainbow Dash, unconcious Fluttershy draped over her back. Perfect! Prisoner of war!

    "I'll never talk!" Fluttershy shouted between giggles. She was tied to one of Twilight's chairs, and Rainbow Dash was tickling her with one of her blue feathers. Twilight looked up from her book at the scene before her with amusement.

    I lifted the bunny from before up by his ears. He stared daggers at me out of the corner of his eyes, his front paws crossed defiantly over his chest. "Talk, or the bunny gets the same treatment," I threatened.

    "No! Not my Angel Bunny!" Fluttershy cried cutely.

    "Oh, yes!"

    "O-Ok. I'll talk," Fluttershy hung her head low and spoke barely audibly, even for her. "He's hiding...in the orchard."

    I let Angel go. He swiftly kicked me in one of my shins then hopped toward Fluttershy. Rainbow freed her from her bindings, and they went to find a book to read. There was no way I would let them out. I turned to Rainbow Dash, "Go get our troops assembled. I will hand pick some to go on a search and destroy mission!"

    She gave me a quick salute, an, "Aye aye, Sir," and quickly exited the building.

    Twilight stood up, walked over to me, and put a hoof on my shoulder. I turned to look at her, and concern colored her face. "Bel, you don't have to do this," She pleaded. "Let's just end this."

    I shook my head dismissively. "This is a matter of honor and glory! I have to beat him!" I shook her hoof off my shoulder and walked nearer the exit.

    Twilight sighed. "But you've-" I closed the door on my way out, cutting her off, "Already won..." She finished to no one in particular, a small pout forming across her face.