Chapter 2: I was Wrong.

Chapter Two: I Was Wrong

It had been a month since he had first arrived on Planet Equis, he had done all the test that Dr. Heartstrings had request, given just about every type of sample, and filled up on Equestria's history, But something didn't feel right, like Celistia was lying. He pressed her for more information, but she wouldn't say a word. David couldn't get her words "your kind are superior warriors" out of his mind. Have humans been here before? And why did she look at me like that?

But that was then, and this was now. David had to have his mind clear. He had to focus on the now.

David sighed and sat up off of his cot and stepped out into the harsh sun. Sighing he darkened his visor to shield his eyes. "Captain!" he heard a voice yell and saw a blue Pegasus stallion run up to him "the Minotaurs are on the move! They are have an army with at least a thousand warriors armed with crossbows and spears!" The stallion panicked. "They captured and killed a scouting group, and advancing! What do we do!" The ODST looked at the pony through his visor, a hidden frown grew on his face, war, he hatted it, but at least this time, he could intimidate the enemy into submission.

The soldier picked up his sword that princess Luna gave to him... that wonderful night a few days ago.

~flashback~

"David!" A feminine voice said as its owner jumped into a hugged David. Around the castle David usually just wore his black jump suit designed to keep him cool in his armor, or warm depending on the climate. "I was afraid you left already, but I'm glad you didn't, here" she said handing him a sword. "It's the strongest material in Equestria, I had it made black to match your armor and..." she said with a smile.

He looked at her and gave her a hug "thank you princess" this caught a glare from her as she crossed her arms

"I told you to call me Luna."she said with a chuckle. "Hey David..." Luna blushed as her hands fidgeted behind her back. Smiling softly she spoke "David.." she paused "I love..."

"...Captain!" brought out of his memory David snapped to reality and looked at who called out to him.

"Captain, the Minotaurs are holding at the river, what are they doing!?" Yelled a stallion.

"Oh god I don't want to die!" Yelled another.

"Why are they doing this?! Why are they killing ponies for no reason!" Cried another.

David heard just about enough "LOCK IT DOWN!" He barked silencing all the panicking ponies, about 100 in total. Ensuring his carbon fiber knife was secure in his armors sheath, and his sword on his back he looked at the minotaurs across the plain, silence, not even a bird chirp, not the smallest insect. The calm before the storm, he hatted it.  "Lieutenant!" He yelled and the blue pony from earlier ran up to him. "I'm going to try to negotiate"

The blue stallion looked nervous and all the ponies where in ear shot "but sir! They out number us ten to one! How are.."

"I Said lock it down. Now listen up, every pony! I once was in a battle against something called elites, big ugly ass alines with split-jaws, they stand about teen feet tall and the make these ignorant bull-men look like a kitten with yarn. My squad of ten where out numbered three to one,   all but three of us where killed. But those seven men died protecting women and children. They where able to escape certain death. So, think of home, of some pony you love, your special some pony. That will all end if we fail here, if the Minotaurs get through. But we will not fail here, we will not let them through, they will not win as so long as there is air in our lungs! We will fight to the last stallion! And we will win!" David shouted an encouraging speech, getting a thunderous roar out of the now brave stallions. He looked at the lieutenant, "hold the line, lets pray battle eludes us today." And with that he took out his sword and handed it to him. "If they attack, bring this to me."

The captain set out into the plain, the Minotaurs where about 1000 meters away. As he walked a memory crawled back to his fore front

~in the great hall~

"Your majesty, I implore you in to give the demands of the Minotaurs, they only want the land that's rightfully theirs" a pony with a black mane and grey coat said, his name was TenderFoot. "We can avoid war and let our ponies be safe" it was at this moment that the princess turned to David.

Celestia pondered on this for a moment, before turning to the black armored human standing in the room "What do you think David?" She asked the human who was looking at maps, geographical and of locations, he was in the middle of drawing towns, rivers, forest areas that if a battle took place, would give the Equestirians the advantage.

David started "well princess, from the looks of the Minotairian movements against other nations, they have taken towns, and no one in the town is heard from. Reports from Zebekistan state that villages have been captured, and not a single villager has been heard from." He said finishing the map and took out a red pin and started marking known Minotaur movements into other nations and then a yellow into Equestria where he guessed the Minotaurs would go, fallowing the same geographical patterns from the other countries. "They don't just want a small piece of land, they want it all, the entire world, and they will kill every single stallion, mare and foal to get it." He looked at her "Princess, they mean to to cleanse this planet of the "unfit". They want to kill us all." the Princess had a horrified expression. When Tenderfoot spoke earlier, David noticed this -either he has the best poker face, or- the Princess walked up to David.

She let out a sigh, "when you first arrived, I thought you a monster, I judge you on sight, but I was wrong, I knew I was wrong the moment I looked into your eyes, it taken until now for me to realize it." she said and had a light blush, not meaning to show emotion like that to her subjects. She was scared, but not many could see this, only two in the room could, no pony else could "take a regiment, and go take on this threat, Captain" she promoted him to the highest rank in her military.

"PRINCESS I MUST ADVISE AGAINST THIS!" Tenderfoot began. "THIS HAIRLESS APE COULD BE A SPY FOR THE MINOTAURS!"

"I made my choice, TenderFoot, and it is done" David wondered if the Princess noticed TenderFoot's strange behavior too, almost like...a traitor.

-The present-

David had stopped half way between his regiment of ponies and the Minotaur army. He noticed the a Minotaur in shiny steel armor approaching...this was it, would it be war or would it be peace?

David took in a deep breath ~okay, here we go~