Officer Strike's Adventures- Aftermath of the changelings attack- Royal Guard Diaries

My Adventures- By a Junior Officer

It was a fine morning in Pony Ville and I was up and out of my bed already. I was patrolling and guarding Pony Ville since the latest attack on Princess Cadence's wedding had occurred and the changelings had attacked Pony Ville before the attack on Canterlot Castle and the whole place had been wrecked.

I sighed and looked at the wreckage of some houses as I held my spear guarding the place and looking out for any signs of danger.

As the Junior Officers of the royal guard we were to clean up the wreckage.

I looked around.

There was pieces of houses and barns all over the place and the ponies were distressed.

Chrysalis's attack had been quite harsh on the villagers. They were just poor ponies after all. They had probably just fed on some extra love. Or thats what I had thought.

However it was not my problem. That was what the Senior Officers would say.

I spotted Twilight Sparkle  in the distance. I knew that she was hanging around after the attacks and trying to help as many ponies as she could. I respected her. She was the student of Princess Celestia herself and I would never mess with Princess Celestia, after all I was part of her royal guard troop.

Twilight Sparkle spotted me. We didn't know each other as well as me and Rainbow Dash did. Rainbow Dash knew who I was. We had seen each other and decided to race. She knew that I was a young pegasus who had joined the royal guard officer's in the Mare Sectors of the royal guard. There were still more stallions in the academy but over the few years mares had come into the royal guard and started doing as well as the stallions.

That made me feel proud of being a royal guard. I loved this job.

I was called Lightning Strike but mostly my name had become Officer Strike since I was mostly working for the royal guard and I had joined the royal guard a year ago but I was quite trained up and already ranking quite high for my status and age but I had to learn much more of course.

The best thing was that Captain Shining Armour was the Junior Officers's teacher and they had learned that he was the best of the best. I myself thought that he was fair. He could be tough sometimes but then where was the challenge in the royal guard?

Me and Rainbow Dash were another case. We liked racing each other but Dashie had always seemed to win. However there had been a time that I had beaten her once or twice. I didn't gain my lightning bolt cutie mark for nothing.

I was unsure what the bolt meant all the time because all of the things that I was good at happened in one day.

I had been racing quite fast on that day while and idea popped up in my head. On that day I finished a story and read it to my family members. They said that the idea had popped into my head like a "Lightning Bolt!" and I remembered that from that day I would be famous for that in my family.

Twilight Sparkle came up to me. The other Junior Officers  were busy clearing up the mess. I gritted my teeth and lifted a heavy piece and chucked it into the dump with my hooves. I used all my strength and wiped the sweat that was trickling down before Twilight Sparkle spotted me. She was  hesitant to speak to me at first.

"It's probably cos she has seen that I am a mare. Aren't the ponies familiar with mare royal guard officers nowdays?" I asked myself.

Twilight Sparkle finally spoke.

".....What happened here? The ponies were all asking me about it......" Twilight Sparkle said biting her lip and looking around and I knew that I was going to be constantly asked the same question all day by the rest of the town ponies.

"I am sorry maa'm. You can see there was an attack on the same day in Pony Ville before the wedding. Every pony is talking about it, the attack of the changelings!" I cried and then paused to clear my throat.

To be honest though I am not so sure.......but we are clearing away the bits that were left from the damage. It was not too many houses. Just barns really" I explained to Twilight.

Twilight nodded.

"Well it is good to see young officers  help out the ponies. The younger officers have been helping to protect Equestria I presume? I have seen you before you are a friend of Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asked.

I nodded and smiled.

"Well yes I guess so. We just race each other from time to time but we hardly ever talk to each other. Only challenge each other. I am busy training in the royal guard and you know helping out and writing stories!" I replied.

".....Your name is Lighter Striker?" Twilight guessed my name.

"No." I corrected. "

"My name is Lightning Strike. I am in the Mare's sector and Junior Officer..." I said showing her my badge proudly. I really treasured it.

However Twilight trotted back into the distance. She had obviously lost interest in me.

"That was so awkward!" I chuckled to myself.

"Hey Strike help me out with this lot!" ordered one of the Senior Officer's.

  I obeyed galloping towards his aid and helping him lift the heavy lot of broken up pieces.  I realised I was soaked with dirt and my armour was full of mud. I brushed some of the soil from my helmet. My plume was just as dirty as the rest of me.

Every other royal guards helmet and armour look like that as well. Soon we had to return back to the Royal guard training academy and clean the armour that was dirty.  Then we could go home back to our families after that.

The royal guard training itself was not too tough as many stallions and mares expected it to be. There was an entry test but it was just common knowledge about Equestria and I had passed that test a year ago. There were rules and if you broke them you would be out of the academy and packing your books and bag before you could say "Celestia raises the sun!".

Of course I had not commited any offences at all. I had made mistakes such as attend late lots of times but I simply had more homework and Shining Armour had a little talk with me.

I hate being late.

"Alright we have cleared up! You lot in a line!" yelled the Senior Officer and I gave a salute and obeyed.

I lined up and the other royal guard officers all lined up in a straight line.  Captain Shining Armour trotted in front of the officers and looked at us sternly.

"Well what the hay do you expect for a guy whose wedding was a few days ago and he has to put up with teaching officers and clearing up Pony Ville?" That thought popped into my head.

"Officer Strike pay attention!" Shining Armour waved his hoof in my face.

"Sorry sir!" I cried.

"Alright then officers! Good work! Pony Ville looks much better now! Remember!To serve and protect is our aim and so far you have worked up to that for today! Now then! You must all go back to the academy and sort yourselves out! Unpack your books and make sure you do your homework! he ordered.

"Yes sir!" I called

Then we were off. I turned marching with the royal guards that were in my troop and  back to the royal guard academy. Of course Canterlot was quite far away so me and the boys had to catch the quickest train back or we would be late!

I soon looked up seeing the familiar golden gates of the royal guard academy with massive courtyards. It was inside Canterlot Castle and had an impressive number of classrooms. I could see Senior Officers and Junior Officers training.

"Now for the worst part!" I said grinning at my friend and removing my golden helmet. It didn't look that gold anymore. It looked more like earth with specs of gold instead.

I slumped wearily back down onto the bench and stared out awhile looking around as the Junior Officers polished their armour. Jumping Jacks joked around with me

She was a little older than me and would be moving to the Senior Officer soon. She was proud and loud and confident but could also jump super high and was very fast. She was a light green earth pony with a red mane.

"Nice day huh then Strike? You already seem that you are ranking fast.....not long before I become a Senior Officer though!" Jumping Jacks exclaimed but there was a hint of sadness in her voice.

We would miss each other. She wouldn't see me much once she became a Senior Officer. She would be training other Junior Officer's but I wouldn't be the one she would coach.

I imagined Jumping Jacks coaching me.

I tore away from that horrible thought. I refused to be coached by my best friend!