Frontline

Fluttershy's P.O.V.

"Rainbow what are we going to do," I asked as we reached my cottage, "I mean we haven't seen him in 13 years, what if he doesn't recognize us, what if he lost his memory, what imph....."  my ranting was cut short from a hoof promptly shoved in my mouth. I looked at the owner of the hoof who was giving me a look that said shut up. Push the hoof away an sighed.

"I sorry Rainbow, it's just that from what we heard tonight everypony thinks Frontline is a mercenary," I said as I unlocked the door to the cottage, "I just wish I could tell them other wise." Then I turned to go in to my home, but before I could walk in I felt a hoof on my shoulder. I turned around to see rainbow starting me sternly in to my eyes.

"I know your worried Shy, but Frontline is a grown stallion and handle himself and I want to tell them to but we promised him we would tell anypony about his job. He will be alright and we will find him I want him back to." She said. I pulled her in for a hug. When the hug was over I went inside while Rainbow flew off to her home. I walked up the stairs to my room and then went over to the wall on the facing the forest. I reached up to a picture hanging on the wall and pushed it in to the wall. After I pushed the picture into the wall the entire wall rose up and a secret room was revealed and I this room there was swords, bow & arrows, throwing knives & star, tomahawks, blow darts & guns of all kinds, and armor. Also in the center of the room the was a photo of a stallion with a yellow coat and brown mane with a pink stripe threw it. he was in a set almost full body armor and was with two mares the same get up. One was cyan with a rainbow mane and other was butter yellow with a pink mane. I picked the picture up and hugged it.

"I know you can take care of yourself, but I won't let you go again." I said to the photo. Then I set it down and went to work.

Frontline P.O.V.

I sat silently in the trees on the edge of the forest. Listening and watching the ponies from the town. I smiled as I saw three fillies running around play chase.

'Just like the old days,' I thought,' I just wish they didn't go by so fast.'

I turn to climb down the tree when I suddenly heard a high pitch scream. I quickly turned my head back to the fillies only to see them huddled together and being circled by three earth pony stallions carrying daggers in their hooves. I felt anger boiling under my skin and without thinking I lunged from the tree like a very pissed snake. I landed on the stallion closet to me and that's when all hell broke loose.

"What the bu...uhk..."

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"You're going to pay for that you bas..uhk"

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"Watch your tongue, there's kids near by"

"Don't tell us what to do buc..uh..er"

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"I told you to watch you tongue" I snarled as the last stallion fell to the ground, crimson blood flowing from his throat. I turned slowly to the fillies who I think were more scared now than earlier. I felt guilt rise in my throat, they should not have seen that. Slowly I walked towards putting the dagger that I had used in the massacre away.

"Are you girls okay?" I asked softly still walking towards they were still frozen still. I stopped and stood there for a moment a stood there, but before I could take another step I was thrown back against the tree I was just in by a blast of magic again. I shakily stood back to see four mares standing between me and the fillies looking very pissed and to make matters worse one of the mares was the one I ran into earlier. I was about to say the classic I mean now harm bit, but before I could I was shot with ....confetti?

"There he is girls let get him." the lavender mare that shot me yelled. Then they all prepared to charge but before they could, a pegasus cladded in armor and mask landed next to me only to pick me up fly off with me. It happened so quickly that I was knocked on lift off. It's going to be a long trip.

I woke up to the sweet smell of tea brewing on a stove. My eyes blinked open to see a brown wooden ceiling. I turned my head to see I was in a living room lying on a couch. I slowly sat up on the couch and looked around the room. It was quaint cottage with bird houses hanging from the ceiling and other animal wrens around the room.

'why does this place looks familiar?'  I thought. My ears twitched back at the sound of hoof steps come down the stairs on the other side of the room, but it was the person that came down the stairs that got my attention.

"no iiimpossible...." I said barely audible, as I sat there staring at the mare that had came down the stairs. Who said in a very familiar and soft voice,

"Hi brother"