I blame magic and the Forces of the Universe!

I walked towards the warehouse, where there was a flurry of activity, everybody unloading the supplies. Overhead, a magical shield glimmered, kept up almost twenty four seven by magical batteries regularly charged by the unicorns. I knew because I had seen the same design, except on several occupied cities we had passed. "Hey you!" Someone shouted. "Weren't you the one at the supply depot?" I recognized the officer from the supply depot thing.

"Yeah. Just call me Shadow." I told him.

"Well done! You have the potential to become a great commander someday! Although I do have to question why you're here." He said as Gilda, Ditzy, and the two griffons walked up behind me,

"They were sent by Shining Armor! Don't you listen to the radio?" Ditzy asked.

"She's right. We're supposed to teach you... Guerrilla warfare and how to properly fight. Or just help however we can. And may I borrow e three behind me for a few minutes? Nodding, the officer walked away.

"OK, you three. We need to go do something. Anyplace that's pretty much begging to be a big fireball?" I asked them.

"Well there is that magic depot that they just built." One of the griffons said.

"Has their HQ their too!" The other one said.

"It could explode easily!" Ditzy said.

"OK. Get a radio and some explosives." I told them. "Call me Shadow! Call her Hawk! You two?"

"I'll be Talon!" The griffon on the right said.

"I'll be Lightning!" The griffon on the left said.

"I'll be Derpy!" Ditzy said. I shrugged.

"Go get the stuff. "Hawk and I'll will get a truck." I said, walking towards a truck at the edge of base.

A few minutes later, the trio returned with everything they needed, to find a weird scene unfolding in front of them. "Why won't it just go through! This damn bird!" I screamed at my phone,

"Let me try!" Gilda said confidently. A minute later she was just as angry as I was. "Go through the damn pipe! Motherfucking bird! I swear you're fucking rising more than the other taps! Go through!"

"That's enough!" I yelled suddenly, taking back my phone. "No good can come from that game. Lets just go."

"Does anyone know what's going on?" Ditzy asked.

"Nope." The two griffons said. "We're not paid to understand something like that."

"Get in the truck!" I yelled at the trio. "Or else I leave without you!"

The three jumped in the back, and I put the peddle to the metal, driving through the shield, and running over a changeling who had gotten too close.

"Slow down!" Talon yelled.

"This is awesome!" Lightning shouted.

"Muffins!" Derpy said.

"Everybody shut up!" I told them. We were getting closer to the magic depot, and... YES! I crashed through the gate, the changelings scattering around, before I braked, getting out and holding my rifle up.

"Get the explosives set up! Derpy, Hawk, provide cover from the air! Lightning, Talon, the explosives! Now!" I shouted out, moving toward the big metal tube things that looked like prime targets.

"Get them!" I heard a changeling yell.

"Hawk, Derpy, that support might be nice!"

"On it!" Hawk replied.

"Sure thing, boss!"

"Set the explosives up on at least one pipe!" I yelled, shooting a burst at a changeling that stuck his head out of cover.

A thump behind me made me turn around, to see a dead changeling leaking blood all over the ground. "You're welcome!" Derpy said. I couldn't even see her.

"The explosives are set! Can we blow 'em?" The two griffons asked.

"Lets get out first, shall we?" I snarked, already running towards the gate. I shot a burst at a changeling, hitting him in the chest.

"Boss! Mortars!" Hawk screamed.

"Fucking run to the entrance!" I yelled.

After we all got there, I started to slowly walk away, the others following. "Wait. All get in a cluster around me." I took out my phone, putting the camera on. As the first mortar hit, destroying the tube, an explosion rocked the base. "Smile!" I took a group selfie.

"What was that for?" Ditzy asked.

"To remember the moment!" I said, showing the picture to them. The explosion in the background was massive, and the five of us were all smiling cheerily. Lightning was even holding the explosives trigger, pretending to detonate them.

"This is going on Instagram." I said, putting it on the site, before starting the trek to base. "Come on guys. We're getting grilled when we get back." I sighed. "But it was so worth it." I started the trek back to base, the other four following, all of us laughing and smiling.

As soon as we got to base, I knew we were in trouble. A stern looking griffon stood in front of us, frowning. "Something is wrong with all five of you. Very wrong. Now come closer." He said. We all got closer. "I DON'T WANT YOU TO DO SHIT LIKE THAT EVER AGAIN!" He screamed.

"OK." I said. "So, how did the explosion look?"

"Pretty." The griffon said. "Now buckle up. We got the capital, but we still need to get the rest of the cities. You five will be too busy to even sleep." He chuckled. It was a dark chuckle. "Grab a truck."

After we got a truck, we drove away from the base, waving, before leaving the city, and going to the next.