Communism in Equestria

“Thank Celestia I didn’t drink as much as everypony else last night.” I said to myself. I saw everypony getting up and said “Drink coffee, and we will march soon.” I had an overview of the army as our barracks were on a hill and my personal barrack was higher placed than the others. As I was looking over the army I saw two pegasi, and had them called to my barrack. “Yes, general.” One replied. The other seemed shy. “You have wings, therefore you can carry out missions our earth ponies can’t.” “Can you provide air coverage during our march on Appleloosa?” “I will also provide you with special TNT, All you do is press the button on top, and throw it to create an explosion.”

“Awesome! That sounds awesome!” The cyan Pegasus replied again. “You, what are your thoughts?” I inquired to the yellow Pegasus who hadn’t said a thing.

“No uh, General Sir, I uh don’t think I uh can Sir” She said almost inaudibly. “Well, why not?” I asked. “She’s shy Sir, there must be some other place for her.” “I heard you work with animals, is that so?” “Um, yes Sir, I do.” “You can be a nurse, we need one, and ponies can’t be too different from creatures, eh?” I joked. “You see, Nurse Redheart is taking care of the folks back home.” I added. She nodded to my proposal with a nervous manner, which made me a little uncomfortable. “What are you names?” I asked. “I’m Rainbow Dash, and this is my friend Fluttershy.” “Good to meet you ponies, don’t disappoint, and to liberty!” “To liberty!” They shouted. I dismissed them and prepared to march. “Everypony we’re going to surprise the commies by going straight through Everfree forest and then to Appleloosa.” “They’ll have expected us to go around Everfree forest.” Everypony had mixed reactions, but agreed with me in the end.

         The march had everypony in a good mood. We sung old pony hymms like "Equestria the Beautiful" and " The Canterlot Post". For the last couple minutes of the march we said "To liberty" in unison. That had become the Minuteponies saying now. Our soldiers wanted liberty for all and by Celestia we were going to do it.

Here we were. It took about forty-five minutes to march to the Everfree forest. We were taking a break before heading inside. It was almost tranquil. Ponies laughing and eating. The morale was high, and that gave me hope for victory. If we could win perhaps Celestia and Luna will invest in our town militarily. The mood turned silent when a pagasus approached hastily from the sky. The cyan Pegasus from earlier raced towards me. “General! I just saw from the air that Appleloosan forces are marching into the Everfree forest as well, there had to be at least eighty troops!” “Damn! Well, get into position above our troops.” She flew above us as I addressed the soldiers. “Now is the time to prove our strength, we will not be broken!” I divided the army among race. The earth ponies were equipped with TNT, the unicorns with firearms, and lastly the pegasi with TNT as well. Everypony was in position, the 60 earth ponies in the center of this huge field, the 38 unicorns on the right and 2 pegasi, one in the air and the other a field medic. I couldn't have asked for a better battlefield, there was enough trees for cover, but not enough to get in the way. Suddenly, the marching of the enemy forces became louder and louder. I was in the center with the earth ponies. “Get ready.” Firearms were cocked and TNT ready. It was almost as if we had a drummer pony, for our heartbeats were becoming faster and faster. The enemy forces were in sight. “Aim.” I whispered. With the Appleloosan forces in rage I yelled “Fire at will!” It became a chaotic scene within seconds, blood and body parts flying everywhere. The enemys march was halted abruptly by the explosives and firearms. It did not take long for the surviviors of the first attack to take cover. I, myself hid behind a tree, and I saw a good portion of our soldiers absolutely losing their minds. I threw another TNT right at a pony that didn’t see me. I was horrified for only a second, for I knew it had to be done. I could only see. My hearing was gone ever since the first couple seconds of the battle. There had to be loads of casualties by now. A group of unicorns nearby shot almost a third of the enemy forces. It was looking in our favor, plus Rainbow Dash was unrivaled in the air. As my hearing slowly regianed the battlefield seemed to get quieter and quieter until it was completely silent. Through the gun powder smoke I could see some enemy ponies retreating. “No prisoners, no mercy.” I yelled. The remaining unicorns fired on the last handful of retreating soldiers. It was victory, but at a price. After walking around and seeing all the bloodshed I concluded that around 30 of our own ponies had died. Most horrifying of all, I saw that yellow pony from this morning tending to a soldier who was bleeding out. She cried and cried the more he bled out. He died after a couple minutes. She was crying over the part that was bleeding, his chest. I was a truly horrible sight. I trotted towards her and said “Did you know this colt?” “I can’t save him, I can’t save him.” She kept repeating. She looked at me with bulging eyes. I patted her on the back and stood her up. “I know it’s hard, but it’s over.” I told her with a glum voice. She didn’t say a word and I walked with her all the way back to camp. She never uttered a word and kept those same horror-struck eyes. I'd be suprised if she didn't get some mental trauma from all this. We didn’t march this time. Everypony walked slowly with their heads down. It was a depressing scene. We went glorious and came back mentally defeated. We had won, but at the price of our own ponies dying. I think that’s something many of the ponies in the militia still had to grasp. We were a small town, and to even have a single pony die would be tragic. However, thirty ponies was a crushing blow to morale. I knew it had to be done, but I also understood the grief of the ponies today. As we walked back into the town the ponies at home cheered us on, but we still walked with our heads down. I told my soldiers to go home and we’ll meet back in a couple days. I figured by then they’ll have enough time to weep and mourn.

Twilight called me to her castle late in the night. “Were you defeated?” She asked. “No, we won, but my soldiers couldn’t handle the mental part of it.” “We did suffer casualties, but it was a victory.” “We suffered thirty casualties while they suffered 80.” “Thank Celestia, I thought we lost by the looks of the morale.” “They were decimated, but unfortunately couldn’t push for Appleloosa.” I said. She began to speak with a grave tone “This has gotten larger than any of us have anticipated.” “You won’t believe who went with the communists.” “Who did it?” I inquired. “Well, the Crystal Empire is now a military communist government.” “It can’t be.” Immediately my faced turned to a mixture of worry and horror. “They’ll be our biggest enemy, and frankly I don’t know if we can do it.” “That’s where I need you.” “You have put together a formidable army, which I’m grateful for, but we need everypony dedicated to the war effort.” “I’ll be willing to do anything princess.” I said. “Tomorrow we gather everyone and dedicate this city to the war effort, it’s our only choice. “We’ll discuss more tomorrow General.”