Falling Sun

November 23rd 2014

Fort Hoof

Every pony was silent even Princess Cadence, who was crying though the whole message. Princess Luna broke the silence "How... how did he... get there?" She asked turning to look at the table. "I mean look we have the Everfree forest locked down and no reports came from Ponyville that it was taken." she started looking around the table but stopped when she got to Rambling Rock Ridge. "You were right Sgt. Star but who would you know that was what they were going to do?" She asked.

"Will I just looked and..." I stated to explain but Princess Cadence cut me off.

"Sergeant are you working for the enemy?" she asked, every pony stared at me. Why would she think I'm a spy.

"Princess Cadence I'm no spy I can assure you I just thought its possible they could go that way. I mean look at the formation of the front line and when this all started." I told her with confidence.

"I'm sorry Sergeant its just the shock of things." she said.

"Ok sergeant, do you know what to do then." Princess Luna asked me.

"Yes I do, now continue with the first plan including the defensive one but send my team and Sgt. Ginger's team to get Princess Twilight out. Attacking them will create screen to make them think we don't care therefore making them relaxed and vulnerable for stealth extraction.

"I do understand that but what if you or Sgt. Ginger are exposed?" Princess Celestia asked.

"Then deny that we are apart of this operation so no further harm can came to Princess Twilight." I answered.

"Ok, what about extraction? I mean they're bond to notice that she's gone." Princess Luna asked.

"Leave that to me and Sgt. Ginger. We will stay in communication but don't contact us unless necessary." I told her.

"Any more questions about the extraction plan?" I asked every pony. Not one hoof came up. "Ok tomorrow we will start the extra..." a loud boom and red flashing lights stopped me.

"What is going on Lieutenant? " Princess Celestia shouted while being thrown about.

"We're being attacked Princess. North and west walls has beached and firefights in those corridors." he answered

"Ginger lets go." I said going to the door. I could hear the gun fire outside.

"Pyre go I'll catch up." she said. I know what she was going to do she was going to defend the princesses. I turned to the door to be knocked down by an explosion.

All I could see were shadows of ponies going over me heading to the princesses. They weren't really shadows they were black ponies following the flag of Sombra. I could hear gunfire in front of  me.  Some of them were outside firing into the room.  I got up to see that Ginger was engaged in hoof to hoof combat with the black ponies. I turned and drew my knife then threw it at one of ponies. The knife hit him square in the face and the other pony turned to see him fall. With the distraction I tackled him to the ground and pulled my other knife and stabbed him.

"Pyre get over here!" Ginger yelled, I could here the struggle in her voice.

I turned to see Ginger get pinned and battling for control of a knife that was endangering her life. I run over to end up getting whacked by the back of the gun and I fall flat on the ground. I got up to punch the black pony to the ground and see that Ginger is getting over powered, to my guess it was about four inches from her throat. I plowed though the three other black ponies down and tackle Ginger's attacker. I start lowering his own knife to his own throat but something pushes me off. I turn to see that its was Ginger and she was pinning and cuffing him.

"What are you doing Ginger?" I asked but by the time I said that we were tackled by three ponies that I plowed over before. They seem to want  me down first by the fact that two of them jumped on me. I struggled and got one of them off which freed my arm. I punch the second one and run to Ginger which was being straggled I do the same thing that he did her I straggled him which killed him. His knife was still on him which I used to kill one of the last soldiers. Ginger tied up the other one and the war room was clear. Every pony was ok just unconscious." Now will you come with me?"

"Yeah that's for the best." she replied with a fearful tone.

"Ginger it's ok lets go." I said then she came with. We were heading for the armory and we met no resistance until we got there. Two of the black ponies were standing outside. "Ginger you take the one on the left and I take the one on the right."

"Ok." She replied

She went ahead and shot the one on the left and I shot the one on the right. We entered to see some of the stallions from my team tied up to the gun rack. We untied them and got geared up.

We head back to the war room and one of the ponies  still conscious. Told us that the west hall still had the enemy in it so we head they next. The whole hall was filled with Sombra's soldiers. We engaged in a 1 against 2 firefight. We may have been outnumbered but by the time they fired back they already lost half of the hallway. The firefight was short but brutally for the enemy no pony manage to come close to hitting one of us. There was no more of Sombra's military inside Fort Hoof

Two hours pass by and the base is back on its feet and we got back to the meeting.

"First off is every pony ok?" Princess Cadence asked. All together we all looked horrid but no pony wanted to say that to any of the Princesses.

"I think every pony is ok Princess Cadence." Ginger told her.

"Second off I would like to thank Sgt. Times and Sgt. Star to defending us all in our unconscious state." Princess Luna said to every pony. They room erupted in clapping and yelling.

"We don't need thanks princess we were just doing our job as service ponies." I told them but they still clapped and yelled our names for a few more minutes.

"Ok, ok, let's get back to business. So tomorrow we are going to drop you east of Canterlot and weapons with other equipment will be dropped north of Canterlot. We won't drop the weapons until you are ready to receive them." Princess Celestia told us.

"Got it Princess Celestia." Ginger said

"Wait there is a restriction on your pony count you can't bring more than six ponies including you two." She told us

"We understand Princess." We said in unison.

"You two are dismissed." She said and we exited the room.

We stand outside and talk for a bit just to pass some time. Ginger was shaking out of control.

"Ginger are you ok?" I asked her

"I'm fine but thanks." She said but she didn't stop shaking

"Ginger you shaking like crazy, are you sure your okay? I asked going closer. She burst into tears

"Why did you tell that I'm suppose to face Sombra when I can't even kill a Shadow?" She asked

"Ginger they were strong, made of dark energy, they even took down Big Mac." I told her but that didn't seem to help.

"Still they say I'm fast, that I'm strong but they didn't see what happened in there, story of my life." She said, her face was red. I never knew she doubted herself like this. In fact I didn't know that she didn't all

"Ginger they knew how strong we were so don't beat yourself up like this." I said

"Pyre stop trying to calm me down I'm telling the truth." She said looking away from me.

"Ginger stop this it's not true. You are fast, you are strong." I told her

"Pyre it is true I'm never going to be fast or strong." She said

"Ginger if you want then drop out of the mission." I told her

"Pyre I'm not dropping out I not going to sit by while you die. I can't let that happen." She told me this confused me she never told me this before. I'm pretty sure she never told any pony that. She ran from me before I could speak