War

War, a simple phrase that turns hearts over end. A phrase that means that there will be countless lives wasted, and blood spilt on both sides. Why? Why does war kill, why does war mean...war? War means families lose their loved ones, war means two sides or more fighting for a cause that seems to 'help' the winning side. Why are lives lost for those who take their greed to the other side for what? Is it for glory, honor, riches, or is it just so they can be feared so that none shall try to turn the balance of power? War is red, the color that has endless uses. Red means love, blood, roses, a peaceful sunset, a dirty blade, newly formed rust that forms on something old and is no longer seen as new, and red is a color.

War is nothing new to humans of Earth, and is hardly thought of to the ponies of Equestria. For the humans, war is everyday. They fight to survive in a hostile world full of danger around every corner. They fight their useless wars, wasting lives as if they were mere ants ready to step on. Iraq, Korea, Japan, Russia, the United States of America, and more of their super powered countries fight each other in endless conflict against their foes. War, to humans, and only humans is red, blood and dirty blades.

War is hardly thought of in Equestria as they live in a near utopian society. Growing food for one another, loving each other as if they were brother and sister, growing as one big body of harmony. Their heroes are those who've changed all of the lives for the better. War is a thousand years ago for them, war is never seen. Harmony between chaos, and order are kept. None cry when another dies naturally, but they do morn and celebrate the death of one of their own. They all had this one belief they all followed with glee, and it was that everything had it's end but that was okay. Because with every end there is a new beginning for all to see.

In war there is order, but not the order that balances out chaos. The order on earth is to carry out a task that which most would refuse to follow. Humans have their morals, so do those ponies in Equestria, but the human morals are different. Morals that made law unbreakable to those who refused to normally commit such actions that we can't live with.

My orders is to shoot to kill. The ponies are deadly. The earth ponies are the least of my worries, the unicorns have magic and it is best to have distance before confronting one, and the pegasi can fly their air advantage along with their speed will cause a greater problem. Earth is dying, we've used all of our resorces to build this portal.

"Commander!" I shout, as I suilute to him. "So far we've got six camps in the mountains alone."

He grunted. "Not enough..." He said. "When will we have more portals up? Did those nerds say?" He asked, pushing away a large hologram of one of the camps.

I shook my head quickly. "No sir, the 'nerds' say that we don't have any more funding. We need to work off the resorces we have now." I answered.

He looked angerly at me. "No more funding?" He asked, taking a sip of his coffee. "Dammit! I want you to show that those ponies are deadly, and that we need more supplies. Take your rifle, and bring me back heads."

"What if I can't find one?" I asked, unlocking my locker.

"Then don't come back without a head cadet!" He shouted, then took a deep breath. I could see the look in his eyes, he didn't want to yell. He just didn't like it when I failed, he was my father after all. "I-I'm sorry Vector... I'm just on edge. Those ponies killed two whole camps two weeks ago, and I want you to be a winner."

I pulled out my rifle, built to meet my standerds, and mine alone. With a two foot barrel, shoots four bullets with one pull of the drigger, and is a semi-automatic. Each clip holds eighty rounds of ammo, and I carry ten meeting my eight-hundred bullet load. I carry it around with my athame that has been passed down for over twenty generations. It's not really what you would expect out of a regular troop, but that wasn't what I was. I wasn't like the rest of the United World Army, or U.W.A.. I was actually the prince. My father said I wasn't built to be a king, so he gave me to a general that lost his son in the beginning of the war in 2032. It's 2040 now in a different war against the ponies of Equestria.

I'm actually only nineteen, and the general saw me as his son. He took care of me until I was drafted two years ago during the emergency draft. Even though I was the prince, I had to show to my real father that I was truely ment to be a king. That was my goal, and only my goal. To do what ever I needed to so that he would see that I'm no runt, that I am a soldier, a prince, and a future king. Deep down, I wanted to be better than my father, in anyway.

I nodded with a smile a Haykr. "No worries, I know that you think of my as if you were my father." I said lightly. "Do I have anything else I need to do?".

He shook his head. "No, now off you go."

I suiluted to him. "Permission to leave sir?" I asked.

He returned it. "Granted, kill some colorful ponies!" He smiled.

I laughed as I ran out. After I turned around a few corradoors, I walked into the portal room. I made the number three using my fingers, and the scientest in the room gave me a thumbs up, meaning that the portal was already set for camp three. It was located four miles out of a nearby town called Ponyville, and is the only camp that hasn't been found. It was covered in a dence layer of trees from a dark forest.

I stepped through, feeling the gravity get lighter, the blood in my head rushed in responce to the switch. I took a deep breath in, and pushed a button on the side of my helmet I had on. After a moment I felt slightly heavier, meaning that the suit's artifical gravity was activated. The blood rushed back down, and I felt a bit better. Because I was smaller than the rest of the U.W.A., I didn't have the effects as bad as the rest. Most vommit, even on rare occasons some even die. I was only 5'8'' with the others being around 6'5''.

I rushed over to my hover bike which was sitting in the repair shop for some upgrades. It was newly painted in red, and orange. I smiled with a whistle as I walked around it.

"You like?" Monkey, the engineer asked.

"Sure do. You know how to treat royalty right!" I replied. "How long did it take for the GPS to install?"

"Just two hours, and it's not called 'GPS' here Vector." He sighed. grabbing a small device. "Hold still...This'll only hurt for a second. It's like a pinch." He said as he tugged my arm. He placed the device on my arm, and I felt a sharp pain. I snapped back in responce, nearly shouting in pain.

"FUCK!" I yelled. "That didn't feel like a pinch."

"When you insert a GRD into an arm, it's not going to feel good."

" 'GRD'? " I asked.

"Golbel Radiar Device" If this place is still up when you return, your bike can find you if you just say the key word."

"What is it?"

"You're call there princy." Monkey said. "Just start the phrase as 'Command set' then say your word. And when ever you want your bike you say, 'Calling' then your key phrase." He explained.

"Command set, Monkey!" I shouted.

He looked at me weirdly. "Why me? Honestly, I'm flattered!" Monkey laughed.

"Figured you did a good job, you'd get something out of it." I said. "Alright now, I'm off!"

"Catch'ya on the flipside Vector." He said as I bolted off at seventy miles an hour.

It didn't take me long before I reached the edge of the forest. I landed my bike, and turned on the camoflague. I looked around to see if any thing saw me other than a couple of harmless bunnies. I shrugged, as I turned off my safty on my rifle.

"Time to let those ponies know what hit them." I said.

"Hello, Vector." My AI said. "You've got two targets sitting on a hill eight-hundred feet away."

"M'kay." I replied. "What are their class?"

"Scanners report that one is male-unicorn, the other is female-pegasus." She said. "New information found!"

"Report."

"Two smaller ponies have entered their area."

"Alright!" I said, locking my rounds into my rifle.

I jumped out into a clearing. From afar I could see four ponies talking to each other. I ran up to them, just as one saw me they all ran into a house nearby. I chased them to it, but the door was slammed into my face.

"Sir there is an object between you and your targets."

"I see that!" I shouted slamming the door down. I rushed in, pointing my gun everywhere, looking for the four ponies.

I walked into a larger room where a table was flipped, and a unicorn was standing infront of it. I aimed my gun at the unicorn, and a smaller one jumped out.

"I'll help you daddy!" It said.

My eyes opened wide. 'A family?' I asked myself. I dropped my rifle. "Fuck!" I shouted. "Are you married?" I asked.

"What's it to you!" It asked.

"Sir, you no longer have you rifle, and sensers dectet a massing group of energy in the two unicorns infront of you." AI said.

"Are you married!?" I asked again, this time I pointed my rifle back at him. "TELL ME!" I ordered.

"YES! NOW DIE!" He shouted as I was blasted through a wall.

I chrashed onto a soft object, eventually flipping it onto myself. I grunted in pain as it felt like the blast brike a couple of ribs.

"AI, do a health check!" I said.

"You have two broken ribs, and a broken shoulder."

I sighed, trying to reach my rifle. Just as I was about to grab it, a gray aura surrounded it, and it flew father away from me. The pony looked at me, anger in his eyes.

"You humans don't learn do you?" He asked.

"Then call me dumb." I said, as I fell uncontious.

I came too for a moment as I saw a winged, and horned pony. It was white, tall, and had a sun on it's flank. It looked at me, not with consern, but with confusion. It wasn't long before I passed out again.