Falling Sun

November 23rd 2014

Fort Hoof

"Sgt. Star and Sgt. Times report to the war room immediately." Somepony said over the loud speaker. I was in the middle of a poker game when it came on and I was winning too. As I was walking to the war room Ginger Times came right up to me. She was a yellow coated Pegasus with a blue mane, god was she cute almost all the stallions in the base loved her.

"I can't believe they pushing us all the way back to Ponyville, its crazy." She told me with a bit of anger in her voice. She always wanted to be on the front line but the princesses thought she was too ruthless. "If I was up there I would leave none of them left."

"That is why you and your team isn't on the front lines." I told her as we rounded the corner to the war room. "Still we need to either kick them out or scary them so they surrender. Princess Celestia needs to understand this plus we can take their land for Equestria." she said while getting in front of me. She blocked my hoof from getting to the handle of the door."Pyre you need to back me with this, all of our families are in Canterlot and you know wants next to Ponyville, Canterlot" She told me letting my hoof though.

"I know I'll support on getting more ponies to the front line. Just don't rely on me to get it though to Princess Celestia." I told her hoping she can understand me about it. One sergeant can't persuade a princess plus its her decision about how many ponies to send.

I open the door to see we were the last ones to get there even Sgt. Heat got there before us and he was a slow stallion. Every team leader was there, even of three princesses and the prince were here, just by the people in the room you could tell it was important. Without us here it was already busy. There were computers lined on the side of the room with every station was a pony. In the middle was a large table with a map of Equestria with different blocks representing the ponies in the field. By the amount of red blocks you could tell we were losing the war.

"Now that every pony is here we can begin." The sun goddess said as we entered the room. Before she continued Sgt. Heat spoke.

"Where is Princess Twilight your highness?" He asked.

"She's in Canterlot overseeing other duties that don't include the war." she told him.

"Anyway, today we start pushing back the enemy." Celestia boomed and everypony started yelling and screaming. "Ok you all had your fun now let's get to work." Princess Luna yelled to get our attention. " 2nd battalion is going around Ponyville and hit them from the east, 1st battalion is going right into them and 3rd battalion is going to attack from the west..." she continued talking but I couldn't hear cause is was too focused on the map what if they skipped Ponyville and went for Canterlot. Ginger saw this made her way to me.

"What's the matter Pyre?" She asked me in a low voice.

"The way the front line is the could take Canterlot without going for Ponyville." I replied lifting my hoof to point this out. "Just look at it."

"I don't see what you mean, Pyre. They can't get past Ponyville without going around Rambling Rock Ridge." She said thinking she found a flaw with my prediction.

"Yah, but when it started they were already in Equestria by the time our forces reached them. Plus they're in the Everfree Forest right, getting ready to attack Ponyville." I told her, showing her what I was talking about.

"Now I see what you mean." she said finally getting what I meant. We didn't even noticed that the room was silent, even the ponies at the computers were silent.

"Sergeants would you like to share what your talking about? It must be important." Princess Luna asked us with a death stare directed at me. It felt horrible that a princess was giving me a death stare.

"Your highnesses I was concerned about the enemy possibly moving around Rambling Rock Ridge to attack Canterlot without having to attack Ponyville." I replied showing everyone with the map.

"I see what you mean, Sister why don't we send 7th battalion to defend?" Princess Luna asked her sister but before she could replied the room erupted with yelling. The computer ponies were trying to get they information though to one of the princesses.

"Silence!" Celestia screamed and they went silent. "You tell what is going on."

"Princess we have a communication from Canterlot" he replied.

"Well put it on the big screen." she told him it took a few seconds to put it on screen but once it did everypony was silent. It was Princess Twilight...with a pistol pointed at her head and a piece of cloth in her mouth. The gun belonged to King Sombra and he was ready to pull the trigger.

"Hello all of you, especially to you Princess Celestia. I hope I didn't startle  you." he told us with a chuckle.She don't reply she was in shock by the fact that one wrong word and her favorite student was gone.

"Let her go Sombra, you will only bring your death." Luna threaten which only made him laugh. Sombra then flipped the gun  and hit Twilight with the back of the gun which made her start to cry.You could hear her muffled sobs though the cloth in her mouth. Where Sombra hit Twilight there was blood oozing out of the mark. At the same time you could hear Princess Cadence crying as well and if you looked she was facing away from Sombra trying to show no weakness.

"If you want your precious Twilight back you are ether going to kill me or surrender." With that we grabbed Twilight and moved away from the view, before the screen went dark I saw the Canterlot flag falling and that was the last sun fall I saw before battle.