Two insane idiots

Last night I couldn't get any sleep. I have no idea why, I just kept hearing these voices. They talked about nothing but nonsense. For some reason, I could still here them whispering something. I don't know if it was because of the lack of sleep, or if I was just going insane, but I tried to block all of it from my mind, and focused on today. Today I am going to Ponyville to visit Twilight, and relax for once. Hopefully this trip will calm my nerves, and help refresh me. I've already packed my things, and had them taken to the trains. I spent a couple of minutes just staring down onto my city with a warm smile, even though I feel like a walking corps, I still have enough energy to look like a real princess for my subjects. All of the citizens walked through the streets with peaceful, and lively attitudes. Some walked by, and waved to me. I waved back with a smile. Soon a couple more minutes went by, and I heard the door behind me open. I turned around, and saw Shining armor. "Shining, come to see me out?" I asked, and walked up to him.

"Why of course my lady." He said in a gentlemen voice, and bowed. I rolled my eyes, and flicked him between his  eyes.

"Stop that stupid gentlemen act would ya." I said, and chuckled. He looked up, and smiled.

"Aww, come on you know you love it." He said, and kissed my hand. "Now come on, your train is waiting." He said, and motioned me towards the door. We began to walk through the castle, and I started to have this strange feeling. I looked over to Shining armor.

"Shining, does today feel, strange to you?" I asked. He raised an eyebrow.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"I mean do you feel like something is going to happen?"

"I have a feeling that the new recruits are gonna be a pain today, but other than that, not really." He said with a small smile. I sighed, and rubbed my forehead. Shining armor noticed this. "Didn't you get any sleep at all last night?" He asked.

"No, not at all." I said, and let out a small yawn.

"Why?"

"I just have been having these strange feelings lately, but I think it's just because I haven't gotten any sleep for the past two days." I said. "But now I'm having second thoughts about this trip."

"Now don't give me that, you need this trip. You need a few days with my sister." He said. We exited the main doors to the castle, and entered the train station.

"Yeah, your right. Besides, it's been awhile since me and Twilight were able to relax, and catch up." I said, and stepped onto the train. I turned around, and looked at Shining armor. "And try not to completely kill the new recruits today." I said with a smile. He rolled his eyes, and kissed my cheek.

"No promises, now have a good trip." He said, and stepped back from the train. He looked towards a guard, and nodded. Soon the train began to move, and I waved goodbye as the train left the city. I took my seat, and stared out the window, watched as the city got smaller, and smaller as we got further away from the city. As I closed my eyes to catch some sleep, I saw a quick vision of the city on fire, and four figures in the middle of the fire.

[Shining armors pov]

I watched as the train left the city, and heard a voice shouting my name. I turned around, and saw a royal guard running towards me. "Sir, the training ground is ready for the new recruits, do you want me to gather the troops?" He asked. I nodded.

"Yes, have all of the recruits grab their gear, and head down there asap." I said. He saluted, and ran off. "And if I'm there before they are, the whole platoon will be on night duty for a week with out a break!" I shouted. I began to walk towards the training grounds, and decided to take the long way through the streets. It was a pleasant say, and all of the citizens seemed to have a smile planted on their faces. The shops along the streets were drowning with business, and the children were running about with out a care in the world. I looked up in the air and saw flock of birds flying freely through the air. I felt a hand tug on my left arm, and looked down to see a small filly holding a basket of flowers with a sign saying "1 bit a flower". I smiled, grabbed my bag of bits, and took two bits out. She handed me two flowers, and I gave her the two bits. I took one of the flowers, and placed it in her hair. She smiled, thanked me, and went back to business. It brought a smile to my face, and made me not want to go to the training grounds. But if I didn't then all of the recruits would be like a group of clueless children. I started to speed up, and soon made it to the training grounds. Two soldiers who were standing next to the main entrance stood at attention, and saluted. I saluted back, and swung open the door. As soon as I did so, a full platoon of royal guards stand at attention. I slowly walked in, and inspected the troops. They looked, young, to young. I soon reached the middle, and turned to the troops. "Listen up recruits, you are here for one reason, and that reason is to protect the Crystal empire, and it's citizens. Now I know most of you have heard of the raging dispute with the Gryphon kingdom, and heard the rumors of war about to start. I will not lie, those rumors are true. Our kingdoms have not seen war ever since Celestia, and Luna won the war against Sombra. I am here to train you soldiers into a special force of the Crystal empire, that force is called the Crystal guardians." I said. The platoon was filled with whispering, and questions. I looked around the platoon, and saw worried faces, and a few hard faces that were blank of any expressions. I smiled at this, and pulled out my sword. Their attention snapped back to me, and I continued to speak. I will train, and mold you into the greatest warriors this planet has ever seen!" Right as I said that, I spotted a large object flying through the sky. Once it got closer, my eyes went wide. It was a giant ball of rock, magma, and fire. Before I could react, the massive ball of fire crashed into the tower. The tower was blown into large pieces that flew through the sky, and crashed to the ground. I looked back into the sky, and saw several more of the fire balls flying towards the city at great speed. "TO ARMS! READY FOR BATTLE!" I shouted, and ran out of the entrance of the training grounds. Once I exited the training grounds, I stopped dead in my tracks at the sight of fire covering the city. I ran to the edge of the walls, and looked down to the streets to see ponies running inside the walls gates, trying to find safety, but several were engulfed in fire, and were crushed by the rocks.

"Sir, your helmet!" A guard yelled, and handed me my helmet. I quickly grabbed it, and placed it onto my head.

"Sargent Victor, have you and your squad help the citizens evacuate the city. Sargent Henry, and Sargent Sic, have your troops fly into the sky and find the source of these fire balls! The rest of you, move into the city, and set up a defense around the city! MOVE!" I barked, and sprinted towards the main gate of the walls with a group of troops. I pushed my way through the crowed. Once I made it past them, I regrouped with a few squads, but before I could ask for a update, I heard screaming from above. I looked up, and saw Sargent Henry falling, and smashing into the earth. Blood splattered all over the ground, and his limp body was a mangled mess. I tightened my grip on my sword, and looked up to see a dark figure flying through the smoke that covered the skies. More, and more screams echoed from the smoke, and several more bodies came falling lifelessly out of the smoke, and smashing into the ground. Soon the figure flew down through the smoke, and landed onto the ground. Blood covered it's armor, and strange sword. It's eyes were glowing bright red, and it had wings of a dragon. It scanned me, and my troops, and soon fixed it's eyes on me. Soon it began to laugh, and began to walk towards us. It just kept laughing like a mad monster, and spoke.

"Lets play."

[30 minutes earlier]

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"Goddamn it Tyler, do you need to smoke that shit now!?" I asked, and fanned the smoke away. Tyler smiled, and blew out a cloud of smoke.

"Hell yeah, it's not everyday a stoner gets a endless supply of weed." He said, and laughed. I rolled my eyes, and snatched the pot out of his mouth. "Hey!"

"Get ready dude, we're about to attack a city, that means there will be soldiers who will try and kill you. So what about you summon new gear, and powers to help you." I said. I pulled out my crystal, and focused. Soon I felt something cover my body, and opened my eyes to see my new armor. "Wicked." soon there was a flash, and I looked up to see Tyler in his new outfit, and gear. "Nice." He looked at me.

"Don't you have any guns?" He asked in a robotic voice.

"Of course I have a gun." I said. I focused, and felt something fall into my hands. I opened my eyes, and saw my weapon. We both inspected our gear, and armor for awhile, but soon Shadow walked up in black armor, and held a large curved spear.

"Are you two ready or not?" She asked. Tyler stood up, and put in a magazine into his strange rifle.

"Lets just get it over with, I got some weed to smoke." He said, and walked past Shadow.

"Yeah, hold on a sec." I closed my eyes, and focused. Soon I felt this new kind of energy flow through my body. I opened my eyes, and saw nothing. I got up, and ran up to the edge of the mountain. I focused, pulled my hand back, aimed for the city, and shot my arm forward. Once I did so, a massive ball of fire, and stone shot towards the city a great speed. I watched as the ball of death flew through the sky, and crashed into the city. I smiled, and looked back to Tyler, and the sisters. "Now I'm ready." I said. My wings shot out through my armor, and I shot into the air. I flew through the air at amazing speed, and fired more of the balls of fire at the city. Soon I reached the smoke that was hovering over the city, and began to slow down, and hover along with the smoke. I closed my eyes, and focused. Soon my hud on my helmet turned into thermal vision, and I saw several flying creatures with swords, spears, and crossbows flying through the smoke. "Must be the locals." I mumbled.

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I flew up a little higher, pulled out my sword, and dived towards the flying soldiers. "HERE'S DADDY!" I roared, and sliced through the leaders wing. The creature screamed in pain, and fell towards the ground. I swung myself around, and shot towards two more guards, and spun around in a full 360. My sword sliced clean through their throats, and sprayed blood all over my armor. Fast as lightning, I grabbed a near by creature by the wings, and spun around. I heard a satisfying crack, and threw him into two more poor souls. They held him up, but I slashed my sword into ones head, and sliced through the other ones head. They went limp, and fell to the earth with their creaming, injured friend. Three arrows went flying by my head, and I looked back to see three assholes with crossbows aiming at me. Before they could fire, I shot higher into the air, and hovered above the guards. They lost me in the smoke, and started to spin around in attempts to find me. I smiled, and dived. I plunged my sword into the first creatures chest, and grabbed the second one around the neck and snapped it like a twig. The last one spun around, aimed, and fired his arrow at me. I spun the poor bastard that I had around, and used him as a shield. The arrow shot into the creatures back. I pulled out my sword, and plunged my sword into his skull. I pulled out my sword, and let the body fall to the earth like the others.

"DIE YOU MONSTER!!" A voice screamed behind me. I spun around, and stabbed my sword into the pricks throat. His eyes widened, and filled with tears as horror covered his face. He gurgled, and struggled, but quickly went limp. I smiled under my helmet, and pulled my sword out of his throat. 'Why am I like this, what the fuck is wrong with my head, and why do I love this so much?' I thought, and looked down to see a larger group of the creatures. I decided to have some fun, and a slowly floated down to the earth. As I exited the smoke from the burning city, I saw several shocked, and horror filled face from the group of creatures, but one stood tall, and had no expression. 'Must be the leader.' I landed on a pile of ruble, and inspected the group a little bit, and walked towards them. For some reason, I started to laugh out loud. It just happened, I don't know why. I was having so much fun! Feeling my sword slice through the flesh of the weak, and watching their bodies go limp, and drain of life. It was, satisfying. I soon put all of my attention onto the creature in the front of the group. A insane smile crawled onto my face, and I licked my lips.

"Lets play."