PONIES IN ARMS-2. NUCLEAR WINTER

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"GOOD MORNING EQUESTRIA. IT’S ME YOUR VOICE IN THE WASTELAND DJ PON-3. IN LOCAL NEWS IT SEEMS EQUESTRIA HAS A BAND OF HEROS RUNNING AROUND AND TAKEING ON THE N.L.R ALL ON THEIR OWN. WHILE I DONT EVER DROP NAMES. I’ll JUST TELL YOU ALL THIS, ALL OF PONYVILLE OWES YOU A DEBT OF GRADITUDE. ANYWAYS ALL YOU PONIES IN THE WASTELAND IM SURE YOU ALL WANT TO KNOW WHATS BEEN HAPPENING LATELY SO HERE YOU GO. THE N.L.R HAS TAKEN OVER CONTROLL OF BALTIMARE AND HAS ORDERD EVERY PONY THERE TO NOW BE IN THEIR HOMES NOW AT 9OCLOCK AT NIGHT ALL PONIES WHO ARENT IN THEIR HOMES AT 9OCLOCK ARE TO BE ARRESTED ON SIGHT. ALSO THE NEWS IN PONYVILLE IS THIS. IT IS NOW A TOWN OF PONIES FLEEING FROM THE HELL THAT IS THE N.L.R THERE ARE NO N.L.R PONIES ALLOWED IN THE TOWN WHAT SO EVER AND ANY PONY FOUND TO BE A SYMPITHIZER TO THE N.L.R IS TO BE SHOT ON CONTACT. HARSH YES, BUT IT IS THE WAY THINGS ARE NOW IN THIS CRAZY MIXED UP WORLD WE ALL NOW MUST LIVE IN. THE WEATHER IN EQUESTRIA IS UP NEXT, PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR IT” I shut the radio off and rolled back over to go to sleep. I had both Harmony and Ruby wrapped in my hooves and was stroking both their manes.

About 2 hours later there was a voice ringing throughout the prison. "UHHHM MAJOR YOU MIGHT WANT TO COME TO THE FRONT GATE. BRING YOUR WEAPONS" Kill Shot had made the announcement from the control tower. I rolled over and got out of bed my mane was a complete mess and I had extreme dry mouth. I made my way through the prison telling every pony to be ready for anything. I made it to the front gate and my jaw dropped.

"RAINBOW DASH, NO BUCKING WAY! COME ON IN MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME. IT’S FINE KILL SHOT SHES A FRIEND OF MINE. YOU REMEMBER RAINBOW DASH DONT YOU?" "SWEET BUCKING CELESTIA LONG TIME NO SEE DASH HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?” The voice from the speakers said. The entire prison was now awake thanks to the sudden announcement of Rainbow Dash being here. Every pony was glad to see the blue Pegasus pony and they were all shaking her hoof. Her husband was with her and they both looked as though they had been hiking for days and were somewhat out of breath.

"We escaped Shattered Hoof Ridge after we found out just what Luna was up to we just couldn’t take it. I got the members of top wing back to Ponyville as fast as I could and we weren’t even missed. Luna has a huge army in that base major. It’s looking as if we are all are in for a massive civil war and to be honest I’d rather be on the winning side." she said to us. We were now on our way to the chow hall for breakfast and dash was now surrounded by ponies talking to her and her husband. We made it to the chow hall and the smell just overtook us all. It was the smell of eggs, bacon, and toast. Dash looked around at the inside of our new base of operations and smiling she said. "DAMN MAJOR, WHAT’D YOU DO TO GET YOURSELF SUCH SWEET DIGS" I gave a chuckle and told her what had happened since we all had left Ponyville.

I told her about our long march, our first battle, how we had come to be friends with a former N.L.R pony and other things. "DAMN MAJOR, YOU SURE HAVE MADE A NAME FOR YOURSELF HAVENT YOU? I MEAN BEING A MERCENARY NOW AND HAVEING TAKEN OVER A PRISON. YOU HAVE QUITE A REPUTATION NOW” I kind of did to be honest and I enjoyed it. I did make quite an impact in this new wasteland.

We all ate and chatted back and forth all the time watching the clock. I had a meeting with Grey Hoof who was now for lack of a better word, my boss. That’s right, having released the ponies for him made him realize that he now had a vast army at his disposal and he was all too willing to use us. I did however tell him that my ultimate goal in this new world was indeed to kill Luna and her army. He agreed with me with an evil grin on his face which almost made me want to throw up. The way he looked at me almost made it seem as though he may eventually betray us all. I had a sick feeling in my gut and just gave him a hoof shake. I now was a paid mercenary, no rank, no real reason to fight for anything anymore, but at the same time I was also on a mission.

I left the prison for the bar and my meeting with Grey Hoof. I invited Kill Shot to join me and he agreed to meet him with me. "I DONT TRUST THAT GREYHOOF MAJOR, IV GOT A REAL BAD FEELING THAT HES GOING TO LEAD US ALL INTO A TRAP” My ears perked up at this because I was thinking the very same damn thing and I didn’t want to say a thing to any pony. All that time Kill Shot had the same thought running through his head. I wanted to tell him I felt the same but it didn’t seem all that important at the moment.

We both made it to the bar and our usual seats. Grey Hoof was just trotting into the bar as we were. "MORNING MAJOR, HOW DID YOU SLEEP? HOPE GOOD, CUZ I NOW HAVE ANOTHER IMPORTANT MISSION FOR YOU. THIS ONE IS GOING TO TAKE YOU TO PONYVILLE, AND INVOLVES KILLING A TOP RANKING N.L.R PONY. I’D DO IT MYSELF BUT I HAVE OTHER THINGS TO TAKE CARE OF” He could see that both I and Kill Shot had concerned looks growing across our faces. "YOU DONT TRUST ME DO YOU? WELL THAT’S TOO BAD I SERVED WITH YOUR COMMANDER AT MANEHATTEN. HE TALKED NONSTOP ABOUT WHAT GREAT A SOLDIER YOU ARE. HE WAS A GREAT COMMANDER AND THE WAY HE TALKED ABOUT YOU MADE ME THINK THAT IF I EVER MET YOU I WOULD MAKE IT MY GOAL TO GIVE YOU WORK IF YOU EVER NEEDED IT" My jaw dropped open in shock; “this pony is actually here to help me” I thought to myself. Kill Shot had a look of shock and surprise also on his face. "WORKS FOR ME" said Kill Shot “and besides in this new fucked up world we all need something to do to keep our hides safe and fed”