The Dubsetp Order.

     Four days later, Vinyl walked into the research lab and approached the main scientist. "The weapon progress?"

"There is enough Machine-wubs for every troop, enough sidearms for every troop, about 1,000 Bass-zookas, 750 R.P.D.s, 1,500 Bass-cannons, and a whole armory of vehicles and airplanes."

"And the secret weapons?"

"All done. Both of them. Your powered exo-suit is finished, and so is the space-bass."

"Ahh, the space-bass. Destined to be even more powerful than the Orbital Friendship Cannon. And my suit, the Bass-Dropper, does it have the rear jet-hooves?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"The front-hoof blasters?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"And the shoulder mounted bass-cannon?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"Perfect. We will need them tomorrow."

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     Vinyl went about her daily business until about 8:30 P.M. when she rallied all the troops in the field.

"...And so my loyal troops, tomorrow at 8:00 A.M, we will go and meet the N.L.R. in battle!"

"HOOAH!"

"Now, get to bed. It's about that time..."

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     "So Green-Fire," Vinyl said as the pair was in their room, lying in bed. "I was wanting to, you know, get to know you more."

"Okay," Green-Fire replied. "What would you like to know?"

"Well, I guess it'd kind be a bit more personal matters, so if I'm poking my muzzle where it doesn't belong, just tell me and I'll change the subject. But I was wondering. At the fair, it couldn't get off of my mind that in  the list of people you sail liked you, you never mentioned your father. Why might that be?"

"Y-you would like t-to know that?"

"Remember if you'd rather not, you don't have to answer."

"W-well, okay. I just need to get all of this off of my chest..."

"O...kay... I'll listen, if you need me to."

    "Okay, well here goes: my father never liked me that much. He was an -uh- how you might say, alcoholic, and he would..," Green-Fire paused as a single tear rolled down the side of her muzzle. "He would yell at my mom a lot. And if I did anything he didn't like, like not call him sir all the time, he'd beat me. That's why I call you ma'am all the time."

"Oh... well -uh- to change subject then, what is your family up to?"

"Nothing. They cant do anything."

"Why ever not?"

Green-Fire started to sob a bit. "Be cause they -sniff- are... dead..."

"Oh, well -uh."

"It happened the day I went home the last day of the fair."

     I went into my -sniff- house and was greeted ,like -sniff-normal, by my little filly and husband. I sat down and my filly jumped -sniff- into my lap. A few -sniff- minutes later, I heard a knock at the door. I got -sniff- up and walked over, and -sniff- when I opened it, I saw a Solar -sniff- Empire troop in the door. A few more rushed -sniff- into my home and grabbed my husband and my little filly. I was able to -sniff- escape the S.E.'s grasp, barely. I flew -sniff- off a few feet before turning to see that they, locked my husband in -sniff- a room with my little filly.

    "As the S.E. troops -sniff- walked out of the house, they boarded the door and brought in -sniff- a pyro unit and torched the house. The last thing I -sniff- saw of the house... was my husband and -sniff- filly in the same room. They were in -sniff- pain, I could tell by their -sniff- expressions. Then... the house collapsed right on -sniff- top of them, crushing them. After the fire died -sniff- down ,all I could find in the wreckage was the necklace I -sniff- gave my filly, and my husbands wedding -sniff- band... and two burned -sniff- skulls..." Green-Fire began weeping loudly, the theater of those horrible images playing in her mind. "My poor baby! She didn't even get her cutie mark..!"

     Vinyl walked over to Green-fire and put a hoof on her shoulder. "I'm so sorry. I feel horrible for your loss. However, you mentioned you mother and brother ,too. At least you still have them, right?"

"Nope... They are gone ,too.

     "My mom at least died peacefully in her sleep, but my brother wasn't so lucky. He -sniff- was flying to his friends house in pony -sniff- ville when a blue pegasus flew into him as she was practicing her tricks. The collision hurt my -sniff- brothers wing, and he started to fall. The rainbow-maned pegasus -sniff- flew for him and tried to save him, but even at her incredible speeds, she -sniff- wasn't fast enough."

     Vinyl looked down at the very teary eyes of her friend. "Do you need to cry it out?" Green-Fire looked at her and nodded. Vinyl bent over and embraced Green-Fire, letting her cry all over her shoulder. "That's it... Just let it all out..."

     After about 15 minutes, Green-Fire let go of Vinyl at looked at her and said, "Thank you -sniff-, ma'am."

"Green-Fire. I'm not your father. you don't need to call me 'ma'am' anymore," Vinyl replied.

Green-Fire looked up at Vinyl, smiled, and said, "Okay."

     "Well, I think it's a good idea to get some shut-eye now."

"Sure -sniff- thing."