The Equestrian

***Introduction***

On the night of Hearts Warming Eve, an army of two thousand human soldiers assembled outside of Manehatten. As soon as the sun rose, they attacked, starting the war between the Human Empire and Equestria.

***Part 1: Party Pony***

The humans on the opposite end of the table erupt into laughter. A couple take large sips from their drinks. One even approaches Fives and pats his back.

"Man, this kid is my fucking hero!"

Fives blushes slightly under the barrage of compliments from the other slaves.

"So, let me clear this up." The human behind Fives says. "You just live in the pony's royal, fucking palace, and they just let you walk around?"

Fives immediately thinks of Silvershield.

"Yeah..." He says. "It's not all that great though. The place gets really lonely when my mistress is busy with the princess."

"Hey, Fives, there you are!" Spike says as he wrestles his way through the crowd of party animals.

"Who's this chump?" A human asks, referring to the dragon.

"Oh, uh, this is a friend of mine, Spike. My, uh... My mistress hatched him from an egg." Fives explains.

"Dude, your mistress sounds like a hot set of hooves." Another human says before taking a sip of his drink. "Speaking of which..."

Fives looks over his shoulder. A dark brown mare with a white mane was motioning for her human to be by her side.

"Hey, they're nice enough to give us time off for Pinkie Pie's parties, but they still like to show us off. Kinda like a status thing." The human explains as he walks away to join his mistress.

Spike scoffs.

"Hehe, looks like you've made more friends today than Twilight has." He say jokingly.

"They seemed nice. Besides, I like the positive attention. I get lonely at the palace, being the only human allowed inside, and all."

Spike nods. Fives reaches across the table and grabs a plate with a slice of cake on it.

"I'm gonna take this up to Twilight. I'll be back down, soon. Go find that crazy pink Pony, and give her my thanks. This cake is amazing."

With that, Fives walks through the crowd. He was silently hoping his own mistress' mood had improved. So far, she was not a fan of Ponyville.

***Part 2: Stains****

Fives looks out of the window overlooking Ponyville. The town was very different from his home in Canterlot. Besides, as far as he knew, the change in location was only temporary. After the Summer Sun Celebration, he would be back in the safety of the palace walls with his mistress. He missed having 'alone time' with her.

"Fiiiives?" Twilight's soft voice rings from the library below. "Would you mind helping me with the mess?"

The human jumps up and races down the stairs to his mistress' aid. The lobby was a mess, all right. Pinkie Pie sure could party, but she lacked concept of cleaning up.

"You called, Twilight?" Fives asks.

"Yes, sweeti-" She says before stopping.

Spike as there as well.

"I mean, Fives... Uh, I need you to run to the Greengales and get some more cleaning detergents. I know it's late, but some of these spills can't wait. The store is just down the road."

She then walks over to him and whispers into his ear.

"There are pegasus guards patrolling the skies. Be safe."

Fives gives her a quick salute before taking the bits and running out the door.

***Part 3: Silver Mist***

The road wasn't all that well lit, for one. For another, the scary ponies looking at Fives made him nervous beyond all belief. Only by sprinting as fast as he could, Fives made it to the drug store. He instantly felt relief inside.

"Can... I help you?" The elderly Earth pony at the register asks. "It's mighty late for a boy like you to be wondering 'bout."

"Uh, my mistress sent me here to pick up some cleaning detergents. Something for spills on wooden floors." Fives explains.

The pony nods.

"I got just what your mistress needs." He says as he places the jug of cleaning chemicals on the counter. "You must be very well behaved to be trusted with handling bits for your mistress, boy..."

Fives shrugs.

"Well, I aim to please." He says truthfully, handing the pony the bits for the supplies.

The pony cracks a small smile.

"You best be running on back to your mistress, now. It's dangerous for humans this late at night."

Fives gives him a thankful bow before exiting the Greengales store. He walks out into the cold night. He couldn't run back to the library. The cleaning detergent was too heavy, even for him. He tried to walk as carefully, but as quickly as he could. He looks up at the night sky. Sure enough, three Pegasus guards were circling overhead. One of them breaks off from the trio, and lands right in front of Fives.

"Halt! What do you think you're doing out this late?"

"I... Um, I'm just running an errand for my mistress. M-My home is just right down the road at the Golden Oak Libr-"

"What's in the bag?" The guard demands.

Fives slowly pulls out the jug of cleaning chemicals. The guard's hard gaze softens a little.

"Ah. One of Pinkie Pie's parties?" He asks.

Fives nods.

"That crazy mare sure does know how to throw a bash." The pegasus says wishfully. "Well, you take care and-"

There was a loud 'zap', and a bolt of grey magic flies right over Fives' shoulder and hits the guard in the chest. The pegasus falls over, bleeding badly. Fives tries to scream, but a mist of silver magic covers his mouth. Fives is spun around. Behind him was another guard, but it was too dark to make out who.

"Come on!" The guard whispers. "Hurry!"

Scared out of his mind, Fives follows the guard through the back road behind the drug store. The guard lead Fives through side streets and alleyways until the reached the main road leaving Ponyville. The road went strait into the Everfree Forest.

"Wait!" Fives shouts, completely out of breath. "What's going on?! Who are you?! Why did you attack the-"

"That pegasus will be fine." The guard assures him. "Don't worry about him. As for myself..."

Fives watches as the guard removed his helmet.

"S-Silvershield..." He growls.

"In the flesh." The former guard confirms. "How have you been, Fives? Is your chest doing alright?"

Fives lunges for the grey stallion, tackling him to the dirt.

"Ha! You think you're a match for me, you whelp?" Silver taunts.

Fives punches the stallion's nuzzle over and over again.

"You killed me! You killed me, you bastard!"

"Then, how are you standing here right now?" He laughs evilly.

The former guard rolls Fives over and points his glowing horn at his nose. A loud clicking sound gets Fives' attention.

"Alright, that's enough, Silvershield." A new voice says.

The grey stallion jumps off of Fives, allowing the human to stand. Fives prepares himself to fight again, but Silvershield was already walking towards the entrance to the forest. Waiting for him, was a tall human with gray hair. The human looks at Fives.

"Come here, boy. It's alright. I'm not gonna hurt you." The old man says.

Fives carefully approaches the human.

"Maybe he is scared of your musket, General." Silvershield says mockingly.

"You may be right." The human says anyway, placing his weapon on the ground. "It's alright, Fives. I am General Simco." The human says. "We are all friends here."

"We?" Fives asks. "All?"

The human steps back, puts his fingers to his lips, and gives a long, single tune whistle. About two dozen more humans, all dressed in the same green uniforms, emerge from the forest.

"Fives, welcome to the People's Liberation Army. You're going to help us overthrow the ponies and kill Celestia."

***Part 4: Welcome To The Jungle***

"An army of humans?" Fives asks in disbelief as he looks at the sights around him.

It was a large camp, a staging area.

"Our numbers are growing slowly, but steadily. The P.L.A. began as just a few survivors of the first Pony War. Now, we are legion." General Simco says. "Major Silvershield has given us a lot of good intel about possible targets, including the palace in Canterlot."

"Major?" Fives asks as he looks back at the smirking unicorn.

Simco nods, completely unaware of the growing tension between Fives and Silvershield.

"Yes, this unicorn joined our ranks only recently after... uh, what did you say it was, Major?"

"I was banished from the palace, General." Silvershield says truthfully.

"Yeah, after you tried to kill me." Fives snaps.

Silvershield snarls and bears is teeth, and Fives prepares to lunge, but Simco steps in between them.

"Alright! That's enough out of you two. Major, get to your platoon. Fives, come with me."

"Yes, sir..." The unicorn says before sulking away.

"Sir, you still haven't told me what I'm doing here. My mistress is going to be worried sick if I don't go home right now."

Simco throws his head back and gives a hearty laugh.

"Mistress? Home? We have just liberated you, son! Why in Equestria would you want to return to your mistress?"

Fives doesn't answer. How could he? He couldn't exactly say: 'Oh, I have sex with her on a regular basis, and I really, really love her.'. That might raise some eyebrows.

Several human troopers behind the General snicker.

"Let's just get to my tent." Simco says, hurrying Fives along.

Fives fallows Simco across the camp and into a large tent.

"Take a seat, Fives." Commander Simco tells him, gesturing to a chair.

"How do you know me?" Fives asks.

"Oh, your friend, Silvershield, has told us everything we need to know about you, and what you are capable of. Son, it may not look like it, but we need you."

Fives crosses his arms.

"Oh, yeah? Why is that, sir?"

Simco chuckles.

"You've got a spark of tenacity. I like that in a trooper. From what Silvershield has told us, you have the most power of any human slave in Equestria. You have the full trust and faith of your mistress, and more importantly, Princess Celestia herself. She has done everything she can to make sure you are safe and... well, alive. Why is that?"

Fives shrugs. He truly didn't know why. He wanted to know. He wanted to know why Celestia did so much for him.

"I wish I knew, sir."

"Hmm..." Simco ponders. "Maybe when this rebellion is done and over with, all will be revealed. Anyway, as I'm sure you are aware, the thousandth Summer Sun Celebration is tomorrow. Big event, big party, lots of pony officials attending, including Celestia. I need you to be my eyes and my ears at that event. You and your mistress were investigating the readiness of the event, yes?"

Fives cocks his head.

"Wha- How did you know that?" He demands.

"I have other spies in Ponyville, Fives. You aren't the first. You met one of them at Pinkie Pie's party last night. He said you were a 'nice guy'." Simco says, making quotation marks with his fingers. "Anyway, you must make sure the Summer Sun Celebration goes on as planned. You must keep it going at all costs."

"Why? What's going on?"

General Simco grins excitedly.

"The revolution, son."

***Part 5: Grim News***

Twilight continued to frown at the spilled drink on the floor. If Fives didn't return with cleaning supplies soon, the floor would risk being ruined.

"He should have been back by now..."

There is a thundering knock on the door.

"Twilight Sparkle, open up! This is her majesty's guard!"

The purple mare rushes to the door and opens it. Sure enough, there was a Pegasus in golden armor standing at the door.

"What is it, sir?" Twilight asks, increasingly getting worried about Fives.

"Another guard was just injured down the road. Witnesses say they saw him talking to a human before the attacker injured him and ran off with the property. Are you missing your property, Miss Sparkle?"

Twilight's heart sank. She was.

"Did you see who attacked the guard?" She asks.

The pegasus shakes his head.

"No, ma'am, but the wound indicates that it was a bolt of magic from a unicorn. We... We believe this attack may have been planned. The attacker covered his tracks and made sure we couldn't follow him. The only trace of the human that was kidnapped was a jug of cleaning chemicals from Greengales."

"That's Fives... That's my human..." Twilight cries, tears streaming down her cheeks.

The guard lowers his head.

"I'm sorry about your property, miss, but-"

"Get my brother." Twilight tells him. "Get Captain Armor down here. He needs to know about this."

***Part 6: My Own Way***

The dawn came to the sounds of crying and moans of agony.

"So... Fives was kidnapped?" Spike asks, sounding increasingly worried.

Twilight nods, tears streaming down her face.

"I'm afraid so, Spike... Has Shining written back yet?"

The dragon shakes his head.

"Do you want to send a letter to Celestia instead? She might be able to help." He suggests.

"No, the princess can't know about this. She has enough on her mind right now. We need to find Fives ourselves and-"

There is a soft knock at the door. Confused, Spike goes to investigate. Twilight watches as he opens the door. Standing before them, was Fives. Twilight lets out a noise that sounded like a cross between a dying bird and a loud sneeze. She grabs him with the magic from her horn and drags him inside.

"Spike, shut the door!" Twilight orders.

The dragon obeys and quickly closes the door.

"Um... Hi, Twilight-"

The purple mare conks his forehead with her hoof, hard.

"Where in Celestia's name have you been?!" She demands. "The guards told me you were kidnapped!"

"I... I was kidnapped..." Fives admits.

Twilight hugs him tightly.

"Who was it?" She demands. "Why?"

Fives bites his lip nervously. Simco had sworn him into secrecy, but he had never kept a secret from his mistress. He had never kept anything from her.

"Can we talk in private?" He asks.

Both the mare and her boy look at Spike. The dragon sighs and rolls his eyes.

"Yeah, yeah, I get it. I'll be at Rarity's.

As soon as the door shuts, Twilight gives Fives a big, wet kiss. This catches him completely off guard, but he welcomes it. After several seconds, Twilight pulls away.

"I'm sorry..." She says. "It's been so long... Now, tell me about last night."

Fives gulps. He was dreading telling this story.

"It... It was Silvershield." He says in a hushed tone.

Twilight's face immediately turns dark red. Pure rage and hate were beginning to broil inside of her.

"He... He hurt the guard down the road and took me to the Everfree Forest..."

"Oh, Fives... I'm so sorry-"

"That's not the worst part, Twilight. Please, listen."

Twilight sits back on her flank.

"Silvershield took me to a camp... an army camp... of humans."

Twilight gasps, but Fives covers her snout.

"Twilight, there are thousands of Humans out there, plotting against Celestia. They're going to attack during the Summer Sun Celebration. They want to overthrow Celestia."

Twilight felt dizzy.

"We... We have to get a letter to Celestia... We have to warn her!" Twilight shouts, on the verge of a panic attack.

"No!" Fives grabs her face. "Simco will know if Celestia has any knowledge of the attack. He will attack Ponyville the second he is aware and kill every single pony in pony in sight. I don't want you to get hurt, Twilight..."

"We have to do something, Fives!"

The human nods.

"I know we do... Which is why I have been thinking of a plan to stop a war before it starts."

***TO BE CONTINUED***