The black hawk

Starting an army

I walked up the stairs with Annie in my arms and to my door. I walked to my room and laid her in my bed. I tucked her I heard someone behind me. I looked behind myself to see spike. "Oh hey spike what's up?" He scratched the back of his head and looked down to the stairs. I raised an eyebrow and walked out of the room and closed the door and we walked down the stairs. When we got the bottom I saw that applejack and twilight were staring death at each other. “Um, you two ok?” Twilight smiled and walked over to me and looked back to applejack.

“Sorry, everypony but it’s time YOU left I need to find guts a place to sleep with Annie in his bed.”

When she said you she was looking at both applejack and the sun bitch.

“Now you wait an apple bucking minute twilight!”

I looked at her and she flinched back. “Don’t yell Annie is asleep and I don’t want you to wake her up.” All the girls but twilight and luna backed away when they heard my voice. I to a deep breath and closed my eyes. When I calmed down I opened my eyes and looked at them. “Look whatever it is it can wait till tomorrow I ran through that forest of hell and dealt with a cry baby. I’m tired and I want to get some sleep so please let’s just go and come back tomorrow.” All but celestia said they would come back later.

“No way am I leaving the child with your monster.”

I started death at her and grabbed my sword handle. “Look if you won’t leave peacefully then I'll throw you out on your ass. I don’t care if you’re a mare or not so pick leave on your on hooves or on your ass?” Everyone but luna and twilight looked at me like I had a death wish.

“You win this round monster I won’t risk the lives of my ponies to fight you.”

She turned and walked out of the home and luna followed her. “Twilight run upstairs not a make sure that she doesn’t go after Annie.”

“Right.”

She ran up the stairs and I looked back to room and saw that only spike was left. “Spike go ahead and go to bed, I'm going to get my armor off.”

“Ok guts.”

We walked back up the stairs and he ran to his and twilights room and I walked into mine. When I walked in I saw twilight sitting on the ground and looked at Annie. I smiled and walked over to her and she turned and looked at me.

“Hey, guts.”

I pulled my sword off my back and leaned the sword against the wall. I then sat down beside the sword and looked at her. “Thanks for watching her you can go and get some sleep now.” She smiled and crawled over to me. She sat down beside me and leaned into my side and armor. She let out a sigh and looked up at me.

“So what now guts you have to keep both the town and the foal safe so what are you going to do?”

I looked at her and started to think of what I could do. I smiled and knew what I was going to do and I looked at the sword beside me. “I think I know what I’m going to do twilight.” I looked back to her and she was looking at the sword as well. She looked back to me and was smiling.

“What are you going to do then?”

I smiled and wrapped an arm around her. “I’m going to rebuild the hawk raid army in this world and I’m going to make the as strong as I am.” She looked at me and smiled and she pushed herself up and kiss me on the cheek. She pulled back and looked Annie and then to me.

“Well, you have your first soldier commander.”

“No way in hell have you ever been in a battle or killed before?” She frowned and looked at me and then moved onto my lap. She grabbed the sides of my armor and made me look into her eyes.

“Now you listen to me with the stunt me and you just pull with the princess you can’t protect both of us so I need to learn to defend myself. So hell yes and starting tomorrow you and me are going to start building your army got that?”

I smiled up at her and she smiled back and laid her chest and head on my chest. We fell asleep and when morning came I woke up and laid her in the bed with Annie. Even in her sleep, she scooted closer to Annie and I covered her and Annie and walked over and put the sword on my back. I walked out of the room and walked out of the house and made my rounds around the town. Nothing happened and I thought about how I was going to build an army. I thought of how Griffith build the band of the hawk. ‘Before I joined the army it was already large but after I and Griffith started to show our full strength. When we did a large number of men started to join the hawk’s raider company and main company.’ As I walked heard what sounded like talking coming from an ally.

“His only one pony a group of four or five will be enough to kill the swordstallion.”

“No he’s right he killed nineteen timber wolfs by himself.”

I smiled and walked into the ally and a large wooden door was open. ‘Not very smart are they.” I walked over and threw the door open and saw the local nobles. Behind them was a bull like a creature tied to the wall. “Well now let's get this over with shall we?” I drew my sword and in five moves I killed the whole group and looked at the bull. “Hey, you alive?” I walked over to him and I heard his voice.

“Y-yes I’m still alive can you please cut me free.”

“Sure.” I used my sword and cut the rope and I grabbed him as she fell to the ground. I walked him over to a seat and sat him down.

“Thanks, what’s your name?”

I looked at him and stood back up and put my sword back onto my back. “its guts and what is your name?” I looked at him and he started to speck.

“Axe breaker and I’m a lone mercenary for hirer.”

I looked around and saw a large battle axe leaning on the wall and walked over to it and picked it up. It was about the same weight as the sword Zodd threw at me in the last battle of the war. The handle was a long handle and the axe was two sides with a spear point at the top. There was coving of a shield and sword and axe behind it on both blades. I turned back and walked back over to him and he looked at the axe.

“That’s my father’s axe please give it to me.”

I nodded and handed the axe to him and he stood and took.

“Thank you, sir guts how can I ever repay you?”

I looked at him and he was very well built. He had too long and large horns and a few scars on his chest and forearms. It was clear that he’s seen a lot of battles and I smiled. I walked in front of him and we were the same height. I looked him in the eye and he looked right back. “I am a mercenary as well but now I plan to build an army. If you’d like you could join me and my second in the march to a make a legendary army and to protect my mare and little girl.” She smiled and looked at me raised his axe over his shoulder and looked at me.

“It is an honor to fight side by side with you sir guts.”

I smiled and punched her other shoulder and looked at him. “Call me guts or commander which ever you like more. Just not, sir, I’m not old yet or married so one of these will be just fine.”

“Ha-ha very well commander now what are we doing now?”

Me and axe breaker spent a week starting Twilight's training. She didn’t like the fact that I wouldn’t let her fight with a sword or axe. However, she was good with long rang magic and a bowl so we had her using those. Annie was also doing good and spike was helping with her while we trained. Everything was nice until Twilight got a letter from luna say that a group of guards we were taken prisoner by a band of thieves. So as of this moment, I and axe were heading to the location with a unit of guards. Altogether there were about a hundred of us and many were young and fresh to battle. I could see fear on some of their faces and some looked like there too good to be here.

“Hey, commander why did the guard come with us?”

I looked to breaker and frowned. “The sun bitch doesn’t trust me so we have to deal with it. Besides where here so get ready.” I looked forward and so a large cave in the side of a rock face and drew my sword. I turned back and looked at them all and raised my sword in the air like Griffith would. “Ok I and axe breaker will lead the charge and the rest of you will make a go for your comrades when we open a hole in their defenses.”

“Yes, Sir!”

I nodded and lowered my sword and turned back to look at breaker. “You’ll be behind me as when we attack so get ready were about to attack.” I turned one last time and looked at the well-lit cave opening and again raised my sword. “Charge!” I threw my sword down and started to run at the cave mouth. I saw six ponies and five dogs like creatures at the opening and when we charged they looked at us in shock. “AHH.” When I was close I cut one pony across the chest and axe cuts two of the dog’s head off. I turned around and cut two ponies stomachs open and we made a hole in the line. “Now guards go now!” They all ran in and to the back of the cave and I saw a few of them start fighting with the few guards in the cave. We killed the last of the outside guards and then ran in and saw a few of the guards dead and we killed the one who killed them.

“Commander I see them and the prisoners.” I looked forward and saw that most of them were just fine and a few had wound. I ran over and took my cape off and I used my sword and started to cut the cape into stripes. “Ok anyone who knows medical please come and help me with their wounds.” Axe and six mares helped in treating the wounds and when that was done we covered the dead and move the wounded. then the freed the prisoners and headed back to the town. When we arrived Luna and the sun bitch we there and I finished moving the wounded and then Luna walked over to me.

“Very well done guts but I must ask why do you have a minotaur worrier with you?”

I put the guard I had on my back down on the ground and looked at her. “I’m going to rebuild the hawk raiders company. He’s the second recruit and I’ve been meaning to send you a letter about making a more permanent living place for him and room for a future army.” She looked at me and then seemed to be thinking about it.

“I may have a place in mind their's an old guard’s barracks underground right next to the everfree. It will hold over two hundred soldiers so that should work for what you need. But for now, let's get yours and his pay.”

“Ok oh, and would you like to come and see Twilight and the baby?”

“I’d love too but what about my sister?”

I looked at the sun bitch and she was trying to talk to twilight as she walked over to me.

“Twilight for the last time where is that child?!”

Twilight walked over to me and then started to talk to me. “Guts what’s with taking off before I woke up. Now spikes got to watch Annie while I have to hunt you down.”

“We had a mission and sorry but you’re not ready to fight in a battle.” She gave a look of slight anger but knew I was right.

“I know but what if you got hurt I don’t think I could build and lead an army. Oh and axe breaker you got a letter from your home country.”

“He’s building an army?!”

We all looked at the shocked princess and I looked back to Luna. “Can you explain it to her after you go and see Annie?”

“Sure guts.”

“Now you wait for just a second!”

I ignored her and we all walked past her and axe took the letter from twilight. “So Luna how have you been?” I looked at her and she smiled and walked closer to me.

“Well, it’s been hard to make the night guard again. I’ve only got twenty guards and they're all young and cocky. They seem to think that if you join my guard then you can call yourself a potential suitor for me or my sister.”

I looked at her and thought about it. When I joined the hawks we made most of our money from the king so maybe I could do the same. I stopped walking and the three of them looked at me and I locked eyes with Luna. “What if I and axe join as a special use unit?” Luna looked confused my Twilight looked happy.

“Guts are you say what I think you are?”

I nodded and looked back to Luna. “Luna if I and axe join you can make the raider an army unit and I can whip them into shape. Plus we can move to the town and you won’t have to deal with them anymore.” She smiled and jumped on top of me with a hug.

“Guts you are a gift from the moon itself!”

Everyone stopped and looked at us with wide eyes and gaping mouths. I didn’t know why but even celestia looked shocked and I felt someone grabbed my arm and I looked down at a smiling twilight.

“Well seems the princess may have got a crush on your guts.”

After she said that Luna let go and was looking at the ground with a huge blush and I smiled and patted her head her. That was a very bad move for me because the second I started to her sister flew over and grabbed my throat.

“NOT WHILE I'M ALIVE!”

She slammed me into a wall and I felt a scramming pain in my back and left shoulder. I looked down at her and she saw doing her damn best to crush my throat. I had a different plan for her so I grabbed her left arm with both hands and in an instant, I broke her arm.

“AHHHHH!!”

She let my throat go and fell to the ground. I fell to a knee after I got out of the wall and looked at her. I grabbed her throat and pulled her up as I stood up and locked eyes with her. “You’re lucky you’re a woman if you were a man and did that a broken arm would be the nicest thing I would do to you.” When I said I dropped her and looked down at her crying form and then I heard the sound of armor and hooves. I looked up and saw the unit cocky ones from the unit looking at me. I drew my sword and looked at them all. “If you point your weapons at me then you die.” I felt something flowing down my shoulder and I slid my hand under the armor and pulled it back out. I saw a lot of blood on my hand and both Luna and Twilight ran over and started to pull at my armor.

“Get that armor off now guts!”

I pushed them out and looked at celestia as she got up. We locked eyes for a few seconds as they guards helped her to her carriage. I sighed and moved an arm under my cape and unhooked my armor. It fell off with my cape and I heard them gasp. I looked back and saw the armor had bent in and cut into my back. "Ah, damn it."

"Let's get your wound treated and those who were harmed."

Luna and Twilight pulled me to the wounded tent. They sewed the wound up and were shocked I didn't wince from the needle in my skin. Once done I walked home with Luna and Twilight. Luna and Twilight played with Annite and I took a nap in the corner sitting up. As I sleep something started to climb on me and I cracked an eye open. Annie was trying to climb into my lap. I moved a hand under her and lifted her into my lap. She gripped my shirt and I heard a few girls awwing. I opened my left eye all the way and saw Twilight and Luna looked at us. Twilight had some kind black box in her hands and she pointed it at us over her eye.

"Say cheese you two."

When she said that a bright flash blinded Annie and I she started to cry. I rubbed my eyes and looked at her now a little mad. "Look at what the two of you did now she's crying." For the rest of the evening, we talked and played with Annie.